IMPINGED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

impinged

verb

past tense of impinge

as in bumped

to come into usually forceful contact with something hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior

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Recent Examples of impinged The legal case, decided at an emergency hearing in a Los Angeles courthouse on Monday morning, was brought by an Iranian fan who said FIFA’s block impinged freedom of speech, but the judge rejected that argument. — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 16 June 2026 Kurtz’s attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights. — Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026 Kurtz's attorneys argued police lacked probable cause to obtain the information and impinged on his privacy rights. — ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026 The flames impinged on a nearby building, but the building did not catch fire, the fire department said. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025 The clip has gone viral; people love it; Tap has accidentally re-impinged on pop consciousness. — James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025 This places a ton of pressure on the shoulders, in particular on the rotator cuff muscles, which can get impinged (so, compressed or irritated) from that positioning. — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025 The narrative chronicles Gail’s gradual recognition that her inflexible standards have impinged on her happiness. — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2025

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Verb

What if someone spilled a drink on the wood floors, or bumped against the plaster molding?

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026
Earlier this month, Peacock bumped its pricing, ahead of the new NBA and NFL season.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of bumped

Verb

That was all going to set up a potential breakout 2025 season — before Worthy collided with tight end Travis Kelce and tore his labrum in the season opener.

— Jesse Newell, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
In January 2025, an American Airlines regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, killing all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of collided

Verb

Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
Before that day, Americans could not really conceive of an attack like this one — passenger planes slammed into high-rise buildings, the Pentagon, a Pennsylvania field in the deadliest act of coordinated violence this nation has ever seen.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of slammed

Verb

The Padres banged the ball all around Petco Park in taking a 3-0 lead on the first 15 pitches from Cole, a Southern California native who gave up three consecutive homers to open a game for the second time in his career.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
Before Sue could answer, the defense objected, Judge Sullivan banged his gavel, and the question was stricken from the record.

— Eren Orbey, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of banged

Verb

Gay had also developed an unwelcome habit of getting out in unfortunate ways, notably when he was twice ‘strangled’ down the leg-side and, at Lord’s, attracted a grubber from Mohammad Abbas that smashed into his shin and trapped him palpably LBW.

— Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
In Chinese cooking, it may be sliced into julienne, chopped, or smashed and added to vegetable, fish, and meat dishes.

— Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of smashed

Verb

Kwok was then thrown from the bench, her legs ripped from her body, according to authorities, before Romero rammed into a parked NYPD auxiliary van.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
Soon, Kylie’s kind boyfriend, Gideon (Xolo Maridueña), gets rammed by a car after picking up flowers for her.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of rammed

Verb

One lap later, Leclerc crashed out dramatically at Monza’s final corner, causing the race to be suspended and leaving him in need of a precautionary check up at the track’s medical center.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Keating was flying home to California after visiting her family when terrorists linked to al-Qaida crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York.

— Brian Mann, NPR, 10 Sep. 2026

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