Hits
Impacts
Both words in one sentence
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The space combat computer game Elite justified the noise of laser impacts and enemy ship explosions as the sound of the hits/explosion broadcast from the target's radios.
Source: The Coconut Effect -
But instead of Bloodless Carnage, we have Homer getting busted open with every rock and crag his body impacts on the way down, so that by the time he hits bottom he is grotesquely bruised and has blood smeared on his face.
Source: Bloodier and Gorier - Nor were the hits in question really direct at least on those we see survive (and going by the stock footage used for the blast not all of them did...) as the missiles looked to be fired more for proximity detonation in the enemy formation then direct impacts.
Source: Adaptive Ability
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