meteor impact

collocation in English

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meteor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmiː.ti.ɔːr/us
/ˈmiː.t̬i.ɔːr/
a piece of rock or other matter from space that produces a bright light as it travels through ...
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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 ofmeteorandimpactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These discoveries led to the acceptance and popularisation of the idea that the extinction had been caused by ameteorimpact.
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Itsmeteorimpactorigin was first proposed and widely reported in 2002.
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The expected crater was found, but evidence is still lacking attesting that it came from ameteorimpactin 1930.
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He appeared before themeteorimpactin some versions, or during it in others.
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Indications of effects of wind, fluvial, glacial, mass wasting,meteorimpact, tectonics and volcanic processes are studied.
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The waters of the bay are up to deep and may have been the site of a substantialmeteorimpact.
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Ameteorimpactwould have left a large crater, perhaps 300 yd across, none of which was found.
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Less than 15 hours after themeteorimpact, videos of the meteor and its aftermath had been viewed millions of times.
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There is also evidence to suggest that significant tsunami have been caused in the past bymeteorimpactinto the ocean.
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If ameteorimpactcaused a nuclear winter, then the ability to lie dormant would have improved your chances.
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It was formed 60,000 years ago by ameteorimpact.
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The spheres may have formed when molten rock was sprayed into the air by a volcano or ameteorimpact.
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Sudbury is a site of a largemeteorimpactexhibiting substantial evidence of shatter cone geology.
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They include accretion under water, but apparent pores in the particles make alternative possibilities of meteor impacts or volcanic eruptions more likely origins, he said.
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There is a table comparing effects from tiny to enormous meteor impacts.
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In any case, matter is exchanged by meteor impacts in the solar system even without human intervention.
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One of his areas of research was orbital debris and planetary defense against meteor impacts.
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But dormancy is not an adaptation to the danger of meteor impacts.
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