GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Impact , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push, strike against. See Impinge.]
   To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
   Woodward.
   
   1913 Webster
   To affect or influence, especially in a significant or undesirable manner; as, budget cuts impacted the entire research program; the fish populations were adversely impacted by pollution.
   PJC
   To collide forcefully with; to strike.
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2.       
   Impact , n.
   Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
   1913 Webster
   The quarrel, by that impact driven.
   Southey.
   
   1913 Webster
   (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
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