impact in English: The strong force of one thing hitting another, or the powerful effect something has. (noun)

Translation

The strong force of one thing hitting another, or the powerful effect something has.

Word origin

From Latin impactus, meaning struck or pushed against, from in (into) and pangere (to fix or drive in).

Gender

Pluralimpacts

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"Impact" here is the force of the crash itself.

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Here "impact" means a strong effect, not a physical hit.

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The impact is the moment one thing strikes another.

effect

The change that happens because of something else.

hit

To move your hand or an object quickly and hard against something.

force

A strong push or pull that moves or changes something.

change

To make something different, or to become different.

influence

The power to change what people think or do, without using force.

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