Impact
Impact verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Usage example: the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life
Stress and impact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead the word "Impact" as a noun or a verb.
Nearby Words: impacted, impacting, impactless
How words are described
| emotional | emotional impact | emotional stress |
| high | high impact | high stress |
| physical | physical impact | physical stress |
| initial | initial impact | initial stress |
| Other adjectives: considerable, sheer, deep, severe, massive, big, great, serious, enormous, little, social, major, psychological, less, negative, extra, significant, tremendous, greater. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the Star Trek: The Original Series fanfic Insontis, Spock wants to "impact his cranium with the nearest solid object" from the stress of dealing with the de-aged Kirk.
Source: Head Desk -
This is immediately recognized as a temporary result of extreme stress and has no further impact on the plot.
Source: Film / Doctor X - Head Desk: Spock wants to "impact his cranium with the nearest solid object" from the stress of dealing with the de-aged Kirk.
Source: Fan Fic / Insontis
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