run through vs transfix

run through

verb
  • To impale a person with a blade, usually a sword. 

  • To repeat something. 

  • To summarise briefly. 

  • To use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money. 

  • Of a waterway, to flow through an area. 

  • To go through hastily. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, through. 

  • To fuck. 

  • To inform or educate someone, typically of a new concept or a concept particular to an organization or industry 

  • To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system. 

transfix

verb
  • To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon. 

  • To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe. 

  • To fix or impale. 

noun
  • A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages. 

How often have the words run through and transfix occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )