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impact (verb), impacts; impacted; impacting
1. To force, to wedge, or to squeeze together with a forcible action with another object: The large boulder rolling down the hill impacted with three houses before it stopped moving.
2. To cause something to change or to have a strong influence on: High interest rates are impacting the housing market in a negative way.
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