atenazar
Meanings
Verb
1. to hold in place (especially by means of a clamp, vice, etc.) (transitive, literally)
2. to grip, paralyse (especially with fear) (transitive, figuratively)
Examples1
Cierro los ojos y respiro hondo con el pánico atenazando cada fibra de mi ser.
I close my eyes and breath deeply, the fear gripping every fiber of my being.