impact — OAT · Shobdo

impact

noun

(stress on the first syllable)

1 car parts were spread by the impact over a wide region:

collision, crash, smash, clash, bump, bang, knock, jolt, thump, whack, thwack, slam, smack;

contact.

2 no car can withstand the impact of a train:

force, full force, shock, brunt, impetus, pressure, weight.

3 the job losses will have a major impact | the impact of agriculture on wildlife:

effect, influence, impression, footprint;

results, aftermath, consequences, repercussions, ramifications, reverberations;

informal payoff.

verb

(stress on the second syllable)

1 North American a comet impacted the earth sixty million years ago:

crash into, smash into, collide with, be in collision with, hit, strike, ram, smack into, slam into, bang into, cannon into, plow into, meet head-on, dash against.

2 high interest rates have impacted on retail spending:

affect, influence, have an effect, have an influence, exert influence, make an impression, act, work;

strike, hit, touch, change, alter, modify, transform, shape, control, govern, determine, decide, sway, bias.