Arm
Arm noun - A portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder.
Impact
Impact noun - A forceful coming together of two things.
Nearby Words: impacted, impacting, impactless
How words are described
| single | single arm | single impact |
| small | small arm | small impact |
| strong | strong arm | strong impact |
| powerful | powerful arm | powerful impact |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, massive, large, big, enormous, huge, extra. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Slightly downplayed in that he does make an attempt to soften his impact by shooting at the glass first, then taking the impact on his arm, which he'd wrapped in his coat.
Source: Soft Glass - In Transformers Animated, Lugnut has an ability nicknamed the "Punch of Kill Everything" where his arm transforms into a bomb and creates a massive crater upon impact.
Source: Enhanced Punch -
Played straight on TNA impact upon Tara's return with Madison Rayne, the two of them even ran over Mickie James in an attempt to take her out, breaking her arm.
Source: Wrestling / Lisa Marie Varon
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Impact and Arm. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/arm/impact
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