IMPACTING Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

impacting

verb

present participle of impact

as in affecting

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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as in colliding

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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as in embedding

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 impacting Wildfires burning in Miami-Dade and Broward counties have collectively consumed thousands of acres, reducing local air quality and impacting visibility along roadways. —

Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 11 May 2026 What things are impacting restitution processes? —

Anne Doran, ARTnews.com, 11 May 2026 There's plenty of ways to do this without impacting riders. —

Naomi Ruchim, CBS News, 11 May 2026 High fuel prices are impacting the company, Marlene Gutierrez, Saga’s business manager, told CNN. —

John Towfighi, CNN Money, 9 May 2026 Click on candidate names to see their responses to our questionnaire, including thoughts on housing policy, the state's role in working with or against the federal government on issues impacting Californians, what's next for disaster relief efforts, among other important topics. —

Oc Register, 8 May 2026 That’s likely a reference to the climbing RAM and storage prices that have been impacting all sorts of hardware makers for months. —

Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026 Critics argue that hybrid working is negatively impacting productivity, an individual's work ethic and the wider economy as a whole. —

ABC News, 4 May 2026 The team also alleged that the use of its trade secrets is impacting NASCAR results. —

Chase Jordan may 4, Charlotte Observer, 4 May 2026

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Despite affecting millions of women every year, menopause and its transitional stages have historically been under-discussed in both medicine and mainstream culture.

— Aisha Alves, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2026
Those shortages will compound over time because the war’s high casualties are affecting Russia’s broader demographic outlook.

— Daniel DePetris, Twin Cities, 15 May 2026