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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

  • (..) You.. Bags. We need trolley and bags. Mayday, mayday, mayday!! Bravo heavy. Emergency descent!! Prepare for impact. Got to move. Come on, come on. Give me something good. Sir, Cardiff Airport lost contact with the plane. (..)
    2013 World War Z