All 6 Uses
impact
in
Breaking Dawn, by Meyer
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- I want you to get the full impact coming down the stairs.†
Book 1
- The sound I'd been fearing interrupted my dazed thoughts—it was the soft impact of big paws against the ground, chasing after me.†
Book 2 *
- I watched carefully, analyzing the angle at which he bent his knees to absorb the impact.†
Book 3
- I absorbed the impact in the balls of my feet, not wanting to snap off the thin heels.†
Book 3
- His raking claws could have been caressing fingers for all the impact they had on my skin.†
Book 3
- The wolves make quite an impact, don't they?†
Book 3
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) 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.