Both Uses of
impact
in
Brave New World
- The coyote-man raised his whip, there was a long moment of expectancy, then a swift movement, the whistle of the lash and its loud flat-sounding impact on the flesh.
p. 115..4 *impact = hit
- From this stupor he was aroused to a more immediate sense of reality by the impact on his cheek of a well-aimed packet of chewing-gum.
p. 255..7
Definition:
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(impact as in: at the moment of impact) collision (when two objects collide or crash)