Both Uses of
impact
in
The Call of the Wild
- An oath from Perrault, the resounding impact of a club upon a bony frame, and a shrill yelp of pain, heralded the breaking forth of pandemonium.
p. 49.9impact = hit
- He no longer felt anything, though very faintly he could hear the impact of the club upon his body.
p. 119.8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(impact as in: her impact on foreign policy) influence or effect
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(2)
(impact as in: at the moment of impact) collision (when two objects collide or crash)
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, impact can refer to pressure as when describing a tooth impacted against another tooth or an impact ulcer that appears on the skin from something that presses on it.