Impact
['ɪmpækt] or [ɪm'pækt]
Definition
(noun.) the striking of one body against another.
(noun.) a forceful consequence; a strong effect; 'the book had an important impact on my thinking'; 'the book packs a wallop'.
(verb.) press or wedge together; pack together.
Editor: Lucia--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
(n.) Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
(n.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
Editor: Olivia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Impulse, collision, shock.
Typist: Randall
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Contact, application, impression, collision
ANT:Isolation, separation, interval, removal, avoidance, non-contact, shave
Checked by Hugo
Definition
v.t. to press firmly together: to drive close.—n. Im′pact a striking against: collision: the blow of a body in motion impinging on another body: the impulse resulting from collision.—Impacted fracture (surg.) when one part of the bone is forcibly driven into the other.
Edited by Carlos
Examples
- The hilt of his sword must have struck my head, for with the impact of the corpse I lost consciousness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Excluded, Germany became a wedge that needed only the impact of the Hunnish hammer to split up the whole system. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Instantly with the shock of impact I reversed my engine, but my prow was wedged in the hole it had made in the battleship's stern. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Almost at the instant of impact I turned my bows upward, and then with a shattering jolt we were in collision. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The cruiser, already tilted at a perilous angle, was carried completely over backward by the impact of my smaller vessel. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The time fuses all contain a percussion element to insure their exploding on impact if not previously exploded. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This did not originate in inherent shamelessness, but in her living too far from the world to feel the impact of public opinion. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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