Impactive - jaws or claws which physically grasp by direct impact upon the object.

Impactive colour also radiates from the papier mache dishes by Sugs Shelton and similarly modelled pop sculpture of groups of ordinary domestic items by Jon Atkinson.

She has seen the valiant efforts of rescue workers and remarked to herself that men like Donald Rumsfeld make big, impactive decisions in the time it would take any of her exes to order lunch.

And in what may prove to be the most impactive development, the university is nurturing the nexus of science and business to create a biotechnology sector that has already brought millions of dollars and hundreds of jobs into town.

"When the erosion wave catches up, it just doesn't matter what you do," he said, adding, however, that "the whole purpose of erosion control is not to halt erosion, but to control the higher impactive effect of storms on either side of high tides."

Hernan M. Campbell of Sputnik Music said "I highly recommend this album to anyone looking for a quality and straightforward hard rock album" and "the music is proficient and orchestrated in an impactive fashion that fully entertains until the final second".