asteroid impact

collocation in English

meaningsofasteroidandimpact

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asteroid
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæs.tər.ɔɪd/us
/ˈæs.tə.rɔɪd/
one of many large rocks that circle ...
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impact
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk
/ˈɪm.pækt/us
/ˈɪm.pækt/
the force or action of one object ...
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(Definition ofasteroidandimpactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She had resumed a longtime drug habit when theasteroidimpactdate was announced.
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His efforts are complicated by the social, political and economic effects of preparations for, and anticipation of, anasteroidimpactsix months in the future.
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It showed how dinosaurs effectively dominated mammals for 160 million years until anasteroidimpactwiped them out.
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An example would be a very largeasteroidimpact.
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About 800 million years ago, anasteroidimpactis suspected to have created a crater much larger than the remnant lake.
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This could be achieved through use of spaceborne lasers to alter trajectories or other methods proposed forasteroidimpactavoidance.
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Instead, armed with a value for the planet, we can put in place systems that provide early warning and a good measure of the probability ofasteroidimpact.
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Anasteroidimpactwas posited as the prime cause of this faunal turnover, but no secure evidence of a specific extraterrestrial impact has been identified in this case.
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Initially interpreted as anasteroidimpactstructure because of its high degree of circularity, it is now argued to be a highly symmetrical and deeply eroded geologic dome.
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Computer simulations of large asteroid impacts into oceanic and continental sites - preliminary results on atmospheric, cratering and ejecta dynamics.
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In the past, asteroid impacts have had something of a giggle factor.
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More recently, it has been used to describe the energy released in other highly destructive events, such as asteroid impacts.
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Tsunami can also be caused by landslides, icebergs falling from glaciers, volcanic eruptions, asteroid impacts, and other direct displacements of the water surface.
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These have been attributed to asteroid impacts, extremely large volcanic eruptions, and abrupt climate change.
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They are also bigger than other craters in which an asteroid impacted solid rock.
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Stage three mainly consisted of more volcanism and asteroid impacts.
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Similar speculations have appeared over effects due to catastrophes such as asteroid impacts and massive volcanic eruptions.
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Milani is an expert on asteroid impacts.
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Venus has sufficiently high escape velocity to make blasting it away with asteroid impacts impractical.
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