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

Raman’s young progressives Gen Zers crisscrossed the dance floor, Modelos and seltzers in hand, as the DJ bumped her head to the beat.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Wittlin, a 26-year-old broadcast television technician, watched quietly as two officers fist-bumped and another looked inside his wallet.

— Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of bumped

Verb

Their helmets collided after the play was over, and Gordon seemingly took that as a challenge.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 Nov. 2026
Three people were killed after two helicopters collided midair near an airport in Oregon on Thursday afternoon, October 29, prompting an investigation by federal aviation authorities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of collided

Verb

The deaths come two months after a driver slammed into a Metro bus in Chatworth, killing two people on board.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
According to the report, Nzinga Walker and her brother entered the apartment before Everard Walker slammed the door.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of slammed

Verb

Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.

— Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Canada banged awkwardly into Williams’ knee on a box out during her late free throws and the Valkyries’ star was being cared for by an athletic trainer on the bench in the waning moments.

— Janie McCauley, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of banged

Verb

When they were smashed into molecules consisting of two ordinary hydrogen atoms, the muonic atoms implanted themselves within those molecules and assimilated one of their hydrogens.

— George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 2 Nov. 2026
In Frankfurt, police said Molotov cocktails were thrown at emergency personnel and shop windows were smashed.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of smashed

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In two separate but similar incidents, suspects also rammed vehicles into security barricades near the White House in March 2026 and October 2025.

— Bonny Chu , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Prosecutors say Morales intentionally rammed his car into Miguel Parra Hernandez, whose leg was broken.

— Lekan Oyekanmi, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of rammed

Verb

About 100 people door knocked for Vang in a canvassing event last month that featured divisive political commentator Hasan Piker.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Solace in winter is a treacherous landscape where children slip through the ice, men are knocked sideways by muskies, and cars hurl off the road into trees.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

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