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(Entry 1 of 2)
as in embedded, entrenched
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impacted
verb
past tense of impact
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1
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
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
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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“Impacted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impacted. Accessed 21 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of impacted was in 1844
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