Impact /(?)/

Im·pact

Impact

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Impacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Impacting

  1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.
  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.
  3. To collide forcefully with; to strike.

Impact

n.
  1. Contact or impression by touch; collision; forcible contact; force communicated.
    The quarrel, by that impact driven.
  2. The single instantaneous stroke of a body in motion against another either in motion or at rest. (Mech.)