impact
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                the striking of one body against another
                
                    Noun
                    
                a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop"
                
                    Noun
                    
                influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture"
                
                    Noun
                    
                the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat; "the armies met in the shock of battle"
                
                    Verb
                    
                press or wedge together; pack together
                
                    Verb
                    
            have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?"
                More General Terms
                    alter
                    change
                    combat
                    consequence
                    contact
                    effect
                    event
                    fight
                    fighting
                    force
                    impinging
                    influence
                    issue
                    modify
                    outcome
                    result
                    scrap
                    squeeze
                    striking
                    upshot
                    wedge
            
            More Specific Terms
                    act upon
                    blow
                    bother
                    bump
                    color
                    colour
                    discommode
                    disoblige
                    distort
                    endanger
                    excite
                    expose
                    hit
                    hydrolise
                    hydrolize
                    incommode
                    inconvenience
                    influence
                    peril
                    process
                    put out
                    queer
                    redound
                    repercuss
                    scupper
                    slam
                    slam-dunk
                    stimulate
                    strike
                    strike a blow
                    subject
                    tell on
                    tinge
                    treat
                    trouble
                    work