n. 25B6; noun
the force of the impact : COLLISION, crash, smash, bump, bang, knock.
the job losses will have a major impact : EFFECT, influence; consequences, repercussions, ramifications, reverberations.
25B6; verb
(N. Amer.) a comet impacted the earth sixty million years ago : CRASH INTO, smash into, collide with, hit, strike, smack into, bang into.
high interest rates have impacted on retail spending : AFFECT, influence, have an effect, make an impression; hit, touch, change, alter, modify, transform, shape.