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impact
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IMPACT is an international initiative which focusses on preventive and social health and promote awareness and intervention to prevent avoidable disability. Founded in 1980s by Sir John Wilson , IMPACT was formed as a part of the UNs Decade of disabled ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impact \Im"pact\, n. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated. The quarrel, by that impact driven. --Southey. (Mech.) The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. press or wedge together; pack together have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" [syn: affect , bear upon , bear on , touch on , touch ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a devastating effect/impact ▪ The recession has had a devastating impact on employment in this area. a direct effect/impact ▪ Our organization’s work has a direct impact upon children’s lives in this country. a dramatic ...
Usage examples of impact.
The concept theoretically should be able to impact adversarial situations that apply across the board to high, mid, low, no, or minimal technology threats.
They are available for businesses to advertise on, and their impact is enormous among local residents.
The allegation would have less impact and credibility if Casey were out of office, removed because of suspicions about his role.
And while such a devolution of the global civilization, were it possible, might conceivably address the problem of self-inflicted technological catastrophe, it would also leave us defenseless against eventual asteroidal and cometary impacts.
Pellinore had not only lost his temper but seemed to have been a bit astonied by the impact.
The remains of their aviso, now in two sections, thudding down either side of the ship, careered into them, the jagged edges of wood cutting flesh and the sheer force of the impact breaking bones.
Iryala, but as virtually the entire human population of recent millennia lives in the equatorial zone, axial tilt does not directly impact the lives of Terfreyans.
Israeli invasion of Lebanon but had no impact on the ayatollah, who continued to proclaim that the road to Jerusalem ran through Baghdad.
It is important that parents not underestimate their primary role in the lives of their babies and children and that they recognize the impact of their decisions about time spent with and away from their children.
Un-adorned metal boxes, beaders use minute particles of glass oxide impact beads and around eighty pounds of air pressure to blast rust and peeling paint off car parts.
Then, in spite of themselves, Bindweed and Blossom were surging forward with the rest of the crowd toward the point of impact.
The people always differ in their response to anything that impacts the biogenic amines.
The impact shattered bones and carried the black man off his feet-hurled him backward into the open fireplace.
A ridiculous or postured artificiality would ruin the impact, and he advises them strongly against bombastic overacting.
It was a high throw and a cruel one, for even with the breakfall and the straw-packed tatami mats she came down on her back with an impact that shook the floor and drove the breath from her body.