impact vs ram

impact

verb
  • To collide or strike, the act of impinging. 

  • To stamp or impress onto something. 

  • To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on. 

  • To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together. 

noun
  • A significant or strong influence or effect. 

  • A forced impinging. 

  • The striking of one body against another; collision. 

  • The force or energy of a collision of two objects. 

ram

verb
  • To collide with (an object), usually with the intention of damaging it or disabling its function. 

  • To thrust during sexual intercourse. 

  • To fill or compact by pounding or driving. 

  • To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement. 

  • To seat a cartridge, projectile, or propellant charge in the breech of a firearm by pushing or striking. 

noun
  • A piston powered by hydraulic pressure. 

  • A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, steam hammer, or stamp mill. 

  • A reinforced section of the bow of a warship, intended to be used for ramming other ships. 

  • An act of ramming. 

  • A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors. 

  • A male sheep, typically uncastrated. 

  • A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them. 

adj
  • Rancid; offensive in smell or taste. 

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