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adjective

Definition of impactednext
as in embedded

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verb

past tense of impact
1
as in affected
to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life

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2
as in bumped
to come into usually forceful contact with something the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall

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3
as in rooted
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest

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Recent Examples of impacted
Adjective
The Ranger nameplate isn't particularly unreliable, though drivers with an impacted Ranger model should bring it in for inspection and repair as soon as possible to avoid any mishaps or issues. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 The impacted road section is 200 feet long. — Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
The outage impacted the website and app for several hours Sunday morning. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026 Communities impacted include areas in Forsyth County such as Cumming and Sugar Hill, as well as locations in Gwinnett County like Lawrenceville, Peachtree Corners, Duluth, Suwanee, Lilburn, Norcross, and Berkeley Lake. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for impacted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impacted
  1. embedded
  2. affected
  3. bumped
  4. rooted
  5. entrenched
  6. influenced
  7. collided
  8. lodged
Adjective
  • Native culture is an imbedded fact of Minnesota’s history and now the Indian – a brave, a scout, God forbid somebody’s friend — is gone from the flag.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
  • The device receives a video feed captured by external smart glasses with an embedded camera.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of embedded
Verb
  • Farmers are among the hardest hit, with their crops set to be badly affected by soaring temperatures and lack of water.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • More than a dozen people were affected when a multi-family complex in Denver caught fire on Wednesday.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of affected
Verb
  • Even if Claude had bumped the number all the way to 100 percent, the LLM wouldn’t be eligible for the $1 million.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The company recently completed the purchase of Curtis Instruments , announced two pending deals and bumped its annual dividend by 11%, marking 70 consecutive years of increases.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of bumped
Verb
  • After it is rooted into the native soil, water the sod deeply and less frequently.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2026
  • And the reasons may be rooted as much in Southerners’ attitudes about being overweight as in their diets and exercise patterns.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of rooted
Adjective
  • Armored tanks first played a useful role in helping break through entrenched battlefield lines during the final years of World War I more than a century ago.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • For now, though, soccer’s civil war appears to be heading toward an entrenched standoff of ideas and values.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of entrenched
Verb
  • Today, Houston is at the center of a vibrant barbecue scene that offers those traditional styles alongside new ones influenced by Asian and Tex-Mex flavors.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Deramas blueprint undeniably influenced other comedy directors such as Chris Martinez and Jun Robles Lana.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of influenced
Verb
  • Another driver tailgated Hampton before Hampton changed across the highway’s lanes and collided with a vehicle, Hampton told an officer.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In the early minutes of Week 1 last season, Worthy collided with TE Travis Kelce and badly injured his shoulder.
    — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of collided
Verb
  • As all this plays out, consumer complaints about credit reporting have skyrocketed, with more than 4 million lodged with the CFPB in 2025.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors said the bullet Lagrone fired struck Manns in the arm and lodged in his spine.
    — Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
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