Impact

The meaning and definition of Impact, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun

The striking of one body against another; collision.
The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
“The hatchet cut the wood on impact.”

verb

To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
“When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.”
To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
“The footprints of birds do not impact the soil in the way those of dinosaurs do.”

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