impacts

noun

  1. 1

    The striking of one body against another; collision.

  2. 2

    The force or energy of a collision of two objects.

    The hatchet cut the wood on impact.
  3. 3

    A forced impinging.

    His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg.
  4. 4

    A significant or strong influence; an effect.

    His friend's opinion had an impact on his decision.

verb

  1. 1

    To collide or strike, the act of impinging.

    When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.
  2. 2

    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.
  3. 3

    To influence; to affect; to have an impact on.

    I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule.
  4. 4

    To stamp or impress onto something.

    Ideas impacted on the mind.

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