impact
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(verb) press or wedge together; pack together |
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Related Words: force, squeeze, wedge |
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(noun) the striking of one body against another |
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Related Words: blow, bump, contact, impinging, striking |
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(noun) a forceful consequence; "the book had an important impact on my thinking" |
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Related Words: consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot |
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(verb) have an effect upon; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
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Synonyms: affect, bear on, bear upon, touch, touch on |
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Related Words: act upon, alter, bother, change, discommode, disoblige, endanger, expose, hit, incommode, inconvenience, influence, peril, process, put out, queer, redound, scupper, strike, subject, tell on, treat, trouble |
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(noun) the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat |
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Synonyms: shock |
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Related Words: combat, fight, fighting |
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(noun) influencing strongly: "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" |
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Synonyms: encroachment, impingement |
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Related Words: influence |
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