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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.]
   1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.  Woodward.
   
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   2. 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”.
   
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   3. To collide forcefully with; to strike.
   
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   Impact (?), n.
   1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
   
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   The quarrel, by that impact driven. Southey.
   
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   2. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
   
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