All 7 Uses
impact
in
Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire)
(Edited)
- The full impact of what he's saying hits me.
Chpt 3impact = influence or effect
- She pulls out her schedule and begins to work out how the delay will impact every event for the rest of our lives.
Chpt 4 *
- The full impact of what I've done hits me.
Chpt 4
- A whistling, the sound of an impact, the intake of breath from a crowd.
Chpt 7 *impact = collision
- They are not used to want, so any little disruption in supply makes an impact on them.
Chpt 12impact = influence or effect
- His trident goes whizzing over my head and there's a sickening sound of impact as it finds its target.
Chpt 19impact = collision
- My shoulder took the worst of the impact, whereas Finnick hit face-first and now his nose is gushing blood.
Chpt 24impact = influence or effect
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.