| impact | | |
| n. (event) | 1. impact | the striking of one body against another. |
| ~ blow, bump | an impact (as from a collision).; "the bump threw him off the bicycle" |
| ~ slam | a forceful impact that makes a loud noise. |
| ~ impinging, striking, contact | the physical coming together of two or more things.; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 2. impact, wallop | a forceful consequence; a strong effect.; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop" |
| ~ consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| n. (act) | 3. encroachment, impact, impingement | influencing strongly.; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture" |
| ~ influence | causing something without any direct or apparent effort. |
| n. (act) | 4. impact, shock | the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat.; "the armies met in the shock of battle" |
| ~ fighting, combat, fight, scrap | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" |
| v. (contact) | 5. impact | press or wedge together; pack together. |
| ~ wedge, squeeze, force | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.; "I squeezed myself into the corner" |
| v. (change) | 6. affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ strike a blow | affect adversely.; "The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws" |
| ~ repercuss | cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect. |
| ~ tell on | produce an effect or strain on somebody.; "Each step told on his tired legs" |
| ~ redound | have an effect for good or ill.; "Her efforts will redound to the general good" |
| ~ stimulate, excite | act as a stimulant.; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" |
| ~ process, treat | subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition.; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill" |
| ~ hydrolise, hydrolize | make a compound react with water and undergo hydrolysis. |
| ~ tinge, color, colour, distort | affect as in thought or feeling.; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" |
| ~ endanger, peril, queer, scupper, expose | put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position. |
| ~ hit, strike | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely.; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" |
| ~ subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to.; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" |
| ~ discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, bother | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to.; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." |
| ~ act upon, influence, work | have and exert influence or effect.; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" |
| ~ slam-dunk | make a forceful move against.; "the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies" |
| smack | | |
| n. (event) | 1. slap, smack | a blow from a flat object (as an open hand). |
| ~ blow, bump | an impact (as from a collision).; "the bump threw him off the bicycle" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. flavor, flavour, nip, relish, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, tang | the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth. |
| ~ gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, taste, taste perception, taste sensation | the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus.; "the candy left him with a bad taste"; "the melon had a delicious taste" |
| ~ lemon | a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons. |
| ~ vanilla | a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. smack | a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast. |
| ~ sailing ship, sailing vessel | a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. big h, hell dust, nose drops, scag, skag, smack, thunder | street names for heroin. |
| ~ diacetylmorphine, heroin | a narcotic that is considered a hard drug; a highly addictive morphine derivative; intravenous injection provides the fastest and most intense rush. |
| ~ street name | slang for something (especially for an illegal drug).; "`smack' is a street name for heroin" |
| n. (act) | 5. smack, smooch | an enthusiastic kiss. |
| ~ buss, kiss, osculation | the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof). |
| ~ smacker | a loud kiss. |
| n. (act) | 6. slap, smack, smacking | the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand. |
| ~ spank | a slap with the flat of the hand. |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| v. (contact) | 7. smack, thwack | deliver a hard blow to.; "The teacher smacked the student who had misbehaved" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| v. (perception) | 8. reek, smack, smell | have an element suggestive (of something).; "his speeches smacked of racism"; "this passage smells of plagiarism" |
| ~ paint a picture, evoke, suggest | call to mind.; "this remark evoked sadness" |
| v. (perception) | 9. smack, taste | have a distinctive or characteristic taste.; "This tastes of nutmeg" |
| ~ savour, taste, savor | have flavor; taste of something. |
| v. (contact) | 10. peck, smack | kiss lightly. |
| ~ buss, kiss, snog, osculate | touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc..; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room" |
| v. (consumption) | 11. smack | press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating. |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| adv. | 12. bang, bolt, slap, slapdash, smack | directly.; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| strike | | |
| n. (act) | 1. strike, work stoppage | a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions.; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled" |
| ~ job action | a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands. |
| ~ sit-down, sit-down strike | a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached. |
| ~ sympathetic strike, sympathy strike | a strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer. |
| ~ walkout | a strike in which the workers walk out. |
| ~ wildcat strike | a strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union. |
| n. (act) | 2. strike | an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective.; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn" |
| ~ attack, onrush, onset, onslaught | (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons).; "the attack began at dawn" |
| ~ first strike | the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate.; "the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India" |
| ~ surgical strike | an attack (usually without prior warning) intended to deal only with a specific target. |
| ~ preventive attack, preventive strike | a strike that is carried out in order to deter expected aggression by hostile forces. |
| n. (event) | 3. rap, strike, tap | a gentle blow. |
| ~ blow, bump | an impact (as from a collision).; "the bump threw him off the bicycle" |
| n. (act) | 4. strike, ten-strike | a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball.; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame" |
| ~ score | the act of scoring in a game or sport.; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" |
| n. (act) | 5. strike | (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders.; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" |
| ~ pitch, delivery | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. |
| n. (act) | 6. bang, hit, smash, smasher, strike | a conspicuous success.; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" |
| ~ success | an attainment that is successful.; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" |
| ~ megahit, smash hit, blockbuster | an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel). |
| ~ sleeper | an unexpected hit.; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" |
| v. (contact) | 7. strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon.; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| ~ jab | strike or punch with quick and short blows. |
| ~ dab, pat | hit lightly.; "pat him on the shoulder" |
| ~ bunt, butt | to strike, thrust or shove against.; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" |
| ~ collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| ~ knock, strike hard | deliver a sharp blow or push :.; "He knocked the glass clear across the room" |
| ~ knock down, push down, pull down, cut down, down | cause to come or go down.; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet" |
| ~ spur | strike with a spur. |
| ~ beak, peck, pick | hit lightly with a picking motion. |
| ~ tap, tip | strike lightly.; "He tapped me on the shoulder" |
| ~ hew | strike with an axe; cut down, strike.; "hew an oak" |
| ~ sideswipe | strike from the side. |
| ~ lash, whip | strike as if by whipping.; "The curtain whipped her face" |
| ~ beat | hit repeatedly.; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" |
| ~ beat | strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music.; "beat one's breast"; "beat one's foot rhythmically" |
| ~ sclaff | strike (the ground) in making a sclaff. |
| ~ clout | strike hard, especially with the fist.; "He clouted his attacker" |
| ~ knap, rap | strike sharply.; "rap him on the knuckles" |
| ~ chop | strike sharply, as in some sports. |
| ~ slap | hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand.; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead" |
| ~ sclaff | strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first. |
| ~ batter, buffet, knock about | strike against forcefully.; "Winds buffeted the tent" |
| v. (emotion) | 8. affect, impress, move, strike | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| ~ infect | affect in a contagious way.; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room" |
| ~ surprise | cause to be surprised.; "The news really surprised me" |
| ~ ingrain, impress, instill | produce or try to produce a vivid impression of.; "Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" |
| ~ awaken | make aware.; "They were awakened to the sad facts" |
| ~ incite, motivate, prompt, actuate, propel, move | give an incentive for action.; "This moved me to sacrifice my career" |
| ~ engrave | impress or affect deeply.; "The event engraved itself into her memory" |
| ~ strike dumb | render speechless, as by surprising or shocking.; "we were struck dumb by the candidate's announcement" |
| ~ zap | strike suddenly and with force.; "This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes" |
| ~ jar | affect in a disagreeable way.; "This play jarred the audience" |
| ~ hit home, strike a note, strike home, strike a chord | refer to or be relevant or familiar to.; "I hope this message hits home!" |
| ~ smite | affect suddenly with deep feeling.; "He was smitten with love for this young girl" |
| ~ cloud | make gloomy or depressed.; "Their faces were clouded with sadness" |
| ~ pierce | move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.; "The cold pierced her bones"; "Her words pierced the students" |
| ~ impress | impress positively.; "The young chess player impressed her audience" |
| ~ sweep off, sweep away | overwhelm emotionally.; "Her swept her away" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ touch, stir | affect emotionally.; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy" |
| ~ move | arouse sympathy or compassion in.; "Her fate moved us all" |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| ~ sadden | make unhappy.; "The news of her death saddened me" |
| ~ alienate | make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated.; "the boring work alienated his employees" |
| ~ come to, hit, strike | cause to experience suddenly.; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" |
| v. (contact) | 9. collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike | hit against; come into sudden contact with.; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| ~ stub | strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object.; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken" |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| ~ ping | hit with a pinging noise.; "The bugs pinged the lamp shade" |
| ~ spang, bang | leap, jerk, bang.; "Bullets spanged into the trees" |
| ~ rear-end | collide with the rear end of.; "The car rear-ended me" |
| ~ broadside | collide with the broad side of.; "her car broad-sided mine" |
| ~ connect | land on or hit solidly.; "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out" |
| ~ spat | strike with a sound like that of falling rain.; "Bullets were spatting the leaves" |
| ~ thud | strike with a dull sound.; "Bullets were thudding against the wall" |
| ~ bottom | strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom. |
| ~ bottom out | hit the ground.; "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road" |
| ~ bump, knock | knock against with force or violence.; "My car bumped into the tree" |
| ~ bump into, jar against, knock against, butt against, run into | collide violently with an obstacle.; "I ran into the telephone pole" |
| ~ strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon.; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead" |
| ~ clash, collide | crash together with violent impact.; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed" |
| ~ glance | hit at an angle. |
| v. (competition) | 10. hit, strike | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" |
| ~ attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with.; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" |
| ~ slice | hit a ball so that it causes a backspin. |
| ~ chop | hit sharply. |
| ~ stroke | strike a ball with a smooth blow. |
| ~ shoot, pip, hit | hit with a missile from a weapon. |
| ~ strike back, retaliate | make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil.; "The Empire strikes back"; "The Giants struck back and won the opener"; "The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing" |
| ~ hit, strike | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely.; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" |
| v. (communication) | 11. strike | indicate (a certain time) by striking.; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck" |
| ~ record, register, read, show | indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" |
| v. (contact) | 12. hit, strike | affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely.; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ strike, hit | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target.; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" |
| v. (social) | 13. strike, walk out | stop work in order to press demands.; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met" |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
| v. (stative) | 14. fall, shine, strike | touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly.; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (social) | 15. come to, strike | attain.; "The horse finally struck a pace" |
| ~ achieve, attain, accomplish, reach | to gain with effort.; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks" |
| v. (contact) | 16. hit, strike | produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically.; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note" |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| v. (change) | 17. strike | cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp.; "strike an arc" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| ~ strike | produce by ignition or a blow.; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match" |
| v. (possession) | 18. attain, chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike | find unexpectedly.; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" |
| ~ regain, find | come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost.; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!" |
| v. (creation) | 19. strike | produce by ignition or a blow.; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match" |
| ~ strike | cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp.; "strike an arc" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (contact) | 20. excise, expunge, scratch, strike | remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line.; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" |
| ~ delete, cancel | remove or make invisible.; "Please delete my name from your list" |
| v. (perception) | 21. come to, hit, strike | cause to experience suddenly.; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" |
| ~ impress, strike, affect, move | have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| v. (motion) | 22. hit, strike | drive something violently into a location.; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ smash | hit violently.; "She smashed her car against the guard rail" |
| v. (motion) | 23. assume, strike, take, take up | occupy or take on.; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ fill, occupy, take | assume, as of positions or roles.; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" |
| v. (creation) | 24. coin, mint, strike | form by stamping, punching, or printing.; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
| v. (contact) | 25. strickle, strike | smooth with a strickle.; "strickle the grain in the measure" |
| ~ smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing.; "smooth the surface of the wood" |
| ~ even, even out, level, flush | make level or straight.; "level the ground" |
| v. (contact) | 26. strike | pierce with force.; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| v. (cognition) | 27. strike | arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing.; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain" |
| ~ figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" |
| swat | | |
| n. (act) | 1. swat | a sharp blow. |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| v. (contact) | 2. swat | hit swiftly with a violent blow.; "Swat flies" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| whack | | |
| n. (event) | 1. whack | the sound made by a sharp swift blow. |
| ~ sound | the sudden occurrence of an audible event.; "the sound awakened them" |
| n. (act) | 2. belt, knock, rap, whack, whang | the act of hitting vigorously.; "he gave the table a whack" |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| v. (contact) | 3. wallop, whack, wham, whop | hit hard.; "The teacher whacked the boy" |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
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