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    [Noun]  | "im*pact" | \ ˈim-ˌpakt \


    1: an impinging or striking especially of one body against another

    2: a forceful contact or onset; also : the impetus communicated in or as if in such a contact

    3: the force of impression of one thing on another : a significant or major effect


    Origin: 1781 ;

    [Verb]  | "im*pact" | \ im-ˈpakt \


    1: to have a direct effect or impact on : impinge on

    2: to strike forcefully; also : to cause to strike forcefully

    3: to fix firmly by or as if by packing or wedging


    Origin: 1601 ;

     Latin impactus, past participle of impingere to push against {mat|impinge|};

    [Noun]  | "impacts" 


    1: a forceful coming together of two things;


      * e.g., " ... the glass shattered immediately upon impact with the floor "



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    2: the power to bring about a result on another;


      * e.g., " ... the execution had such a powerful impact on her that she became a crusader for the abolition of capital punishment "



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    [Noun]  | "impact" 


    1: the power to bring about a result on another;


      * e.g., " ... the execution had such a powerful impact on her that she became a crusader for the abolition of capital punishment "



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    2: a forceful coming together of two things;


      * e.g., " ... the glass shattered immediately upon impact with the floor "



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    3: the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect;


      * e.g., " ... the story has real dramatic impact "



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    [Verb]  | "impacts" 


    1: to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response;


      * e.g., " ... the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life "





    2: to come into usually forceful contact with something;


      * e.g., " ... the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall "



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    3: to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter;


      * e.g., " ... the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest "



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    [Verb]  | "impact" 


    1: to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response;


      * e.g., " ... the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life "





    2: to come into usually forceful contact with something;


      * e.g., " ... the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall "



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    3: to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter;


      * e.g., " ... the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest "



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     [ "impaction" ]

    1: A fecal impaction is a large mass of dry, hard stool that can develop in the rectum due to chronic constipation. This mass may be so hard that it cannot come out of the body. Watery stool from higher in the bowel may move around the mass and leak out, causing soiling or diarrhea. Slang synonym - hardcap.

      * e.g.,  ... My impaction was so bad I had to see a doctor to have it removed. 

     [ "impact" ]

    1: The word you use in your English essay to replace either affect or effect because you're a piece of celery that's to stupid to figure out which is the proper one to use.

      * e.g.,  ... The lack of frogs in the forest has a major AFFECT on the ecosystem? 

     [ "impaction" ]

    1: Having an impact, or full of impact.

      * e.g.,  ... The bad news of the day had a large impaction on my state of mind. 

     [ "impactful" ]

    1: A non-existent word coined by corporate advertising, marketing and business drones to make their work sound far more useful, exciting and beneficial to humanity than it really is. This term is most frequently used in "team building" seminars and conferences in which said drones discuss the most effective ways to convince consumer zombies to purchase crap they clearly do not need or even want.

      * e.g.,  ... "The board was convinced that my new ad campaign for arsenic and semen flavored lollipops for tots will be incredibly impactful and will generate heaps of sales." 

     [ "impaction" ]

    1: A combination or portmanteau of 'impact' and 'action'.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude 1: "Why do you watch so much wrestling?" 

     [ "impactful" ]

    1: Something that conveys significance.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, that campaign is really impactful yeah, you understand what i mean yeah, yeah? 


     [ "impactful" ]

    2: I.e. utter marketing gash, its words like this that make society bad and help meaningless marketing plebians ascend the rungs of their pointless evil careers and step on anyone creative in their path. For shame marketing ... for shame.

     [ "Impact" ]

    1:  A microsoft font commonly used in image macros because of its apparent ubiquity A qualitative measure for how much effect something will have over time. Usually refers to how shocking, thought provoking or memorable some given item is (or likely to be).

      * e.g.,  ... -Most lolcat pictures have Impact text -I want to photoshop Luigi's face onto Charlie Sheen's head. How much Impact would that have, you figure? 

     [ "Impactful" ]

    1: Commonly used in advertising, impactful refers to campaigns or executions with a positive effect on consumer perception or awareness (even if the opinion held is not positive). Advertising impact is commonly measured through advertising effectiveness research.

      * e.g.,  ... Source: Prnewswire.com 

     [ "impact" ]

    1: The integral of efficacy with respect to time

      * e.g.,  ... What is that knight's impact? 

     [ "Impactation" ]

    1: The act of causing an impact.

      * e.g.,  ... Solids banging into the wall of an industrial cyclone undergo impactation. 

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