impact

Definition

  • noun: the act or force of one thing hitting another
  • verb: to fix firmly by or as if by packing or wedging
  • verb: to have a strong and often bad effect on (something or someone)
  • often + 'on'
  • synonyms: affect, strike, collision

Examples

  • We hope that these programs will have a positive 'impact on' the community. [=will help the community]

  • The stress of her job is having a negative 'impact on' her health. [=is harming her health]

  • We need to be concerned about the environmental 'impacts' of all this construction.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Dialogue: ..,Default,,,Hodgins did. Dialogue: ..,Default,,,as well as the tibiae\Nand the left fibula. Dialogue: ..,Default,,,Are the axes of the fractures\Nconsistent? Dialogue: ..,Default,,,Yes, suggesting they were\Nall caused by impact Dialogue: ..,Default,,,from the same object. Dialogue: ..,Default,,,The directionality\Nof the fractures Dialogue: ..,Default,,,indicates they occur\Nalong a straight line. Dialogue: ..,Default,,,Which makes it very likely they\Nwere caused by a single impact. Dialogue: ..,Default,,,This fracture appears\Nto be linear in shape (..)
    2016 TvShow: Bones Title: The Death in the Defense Season: 11 Episode 11