impact

  • 11impact — [n1] collision, force appulse, bang, blow, bounce, brunt, buffet, bump, clash, concussion, contact, crash, crunch, crush, encounter, hit, impingement, jar, jolt, jounce, kick, knock, meeting, percussion, pound, punch, quake, quiver, ram, rap,… …

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  • 12Impact — Im pact, n. 1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. [1913 Webster] The quarrel, by that impact driven. Southey. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against… …

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  • 13impact — ► NOUN 1) the action of one object coming forcibly into contact with another. 2) a marked effect or influence. ► VERB 1) come into forcible contact with another object. 2) (often impact on) have a strong effect. 3) press firmly …

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  • 14impact'or — noun A spacecraft designed to collide into the surface of a celestial body • • • Main Entry: ↑impact …

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  • 15Impact — Im*pact , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See {Impinge}.] 1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place. Woodward. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …

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  • 16impact — I verb compress, cram, crowd, drive, drive firmly in, fill, fill to capacity, force, force together, hammer in, inject, insert, jam, load, overburden, overcrowd, overload, pack, pack close, pack in, pack together, press, press together, push,… …

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  • 17impact — [im pakt′, im′pakt΄; ] for n. [ im′pakt΄] vt. [< L impactus, pp. of impingere, to press firmly together: see IMPINGE] 1. to force tightly together; pack; wedge 2. to affect: a usage objected to by some vi. 1. to hit with force 2. to have an… …

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  • 18impact — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 effect/impression ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, dramatic, enormous, great, high, huge, important, main, major …

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  • 19Impact — In computing:* IMPACT (computer graphics), a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations * Impact Finite Element Program, an open source finite element program * Impact , a 1988 computer game published by Audiogenic… …

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  • 20IMPACT! — Dieser Artikel oder Abschnitt wurde wegen inhaltlicher Mängel auf der Qualitätssicherungsseite des Wrestling Portals eingetragen. Dies geschieht, um die Qualität der Artikel aus dem Themengebiet Wrestling auf ein akzeptables Niveau zu bringen.… …

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