on/upon impact
idiom
: at the time of hitting something
The bomb exploded on/upon impact (with the ground).
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The ship's 147-foot masts, which were shining bright with decorative lights, couldn't clear the arched bridge and were sheared off upon impact.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Eyewitness videos captured the vessel's three masts snapping and partially collapsing upon impact with the bridge deck.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
The ship’s masts – bedecked in lights - struck the bridge, breaking on impact and sending debris falling onto the vessel’s deck.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
The jet, which had just taken off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, exploded upon impact and engulfed everything nearby in flames, including the vehicle Goods-Burke, Dreuitt and his son were in.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 May 2025
Eyewitness videos captured the vessel's three masts snapping and partially collapsing upon impact with the bridge deck.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
The ship’s masts – bedecked in lights - struck the bridge, breaking on impact and sending debris falling onto the vessel’s deck.
—Nouran Salahieh, CNN Money, 18 May 2025
The jet, which had just taken off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, exploded upon impact and engulfed everything nearby in flames, including the vehicle Goods-Burke, Dreuitt and his son were in.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025
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“On/upon impact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%2Fupon%20impact. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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