impacts
noun
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The striking of one body against another; collision.
The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
Example: The hatchet cut the wood on impact.
A forced impinging.
Example: His spine had an impingement; L4 and L5 made impact, which caused numbness in his leg.
A significant or strong influence; an effect.
Example: His friend's opinion had an impact on his decision.
verb
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To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
Example: When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends.
To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
Example: The footprints of birds do not impact the soil in the way those of dinosaurs do.
To influence; to affect; to have an impact on.
Example: I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule.
To stamp or impress onto something.
Example: Ideas impacted on the mind.