Impact (3)
I believe the answer is:
hit
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">impact</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(hitting is a kind of impacting)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hit that I've seen before include "Popular record" , "Successful stroke, conspicuous success or connection to a website" , "Strike, clout" , "Best-selling record" , "Successful song" .)