[cinFLA]

Reuters thinks that the word "impact" is a verb. It's really annoying to try to read an article written by an illiterate.

im-pact

v.t. 5) to drive or press closely or firmly into simething; pack in.

6) to fill up; congest; throng

7) to collide with; strike forcefully

v.i. 8) to have impact or make contact forefully

[Neanderthal]

"Reuters thinks that the word "impact" is a verb. It's really annoying to try to read an article written by an illiterate.

im-pact

v.t. 5) to drive or press closely or firmly into simething; pack in.
6) to fill up; congest; throng
7) to collide with; strike forcefully
v.i. 8) to have impact or make contact forefully

I don't know where you got this from. My foot thick 50 year old Webster's and 25 year old American Heritage have it as a noun and then as a trans verb meaning "to pack firmly together." Nothing in either supports how Reuters uses it.

Are those defs from a "modern" dictionary written by recent public schools grads?