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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impinged
  1. bumped
  2. collided
  3. slammed
  4. banged
  5. smashed
  6. rammed
  7. crashed
  8. knocked
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
  • Four people were injured when a Charlotte Fire Department apparatus collided with a vehicle near SouthPark mall, officials say.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026
  • At that point, the Jeep collided with the Mitsubishi, striking it on its passenger side.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of collided
Verb
  • Four years before the Falcon 9 upper stage crashed near Einstein Crater, for example, part of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket slammed into the moon's far side.
    — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Danon slammed anti-Israel critics for relying on fake terrorist data while Hamas actively hijacked and marked up aid.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of slammed
Verb
  • During Sturgeon’s speech, the board walked out and took a brief recess after board President Charles Cush repeatedly banged his gavel and told Sturgeon his speaking time expired.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
  • That looked like all Boise would need until Madison’s Aaron Edwards banged home a world-class equalizer in the 83rd minute, firing a shot from the left edge of the box and tucking it inside the right post.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of banged
Verb
  • Not the first time This is far from the first incident where brazen criminals have smashed through stores and banks in Maryland to steal cash machines.
    — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • MuMe’s security systems were triggered when the thieves smashed glass display cases in the museum.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of smashed
Verb
  • Forty-five minutes in front of a Croke Park terrace rammed with Leeds supporters, less than a week after becoming the club’s most expensive transfer in history, also gave him an unsubtle insight into the reaction.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The trial centered on a horrific high-speed crash when Schwally rammed his car into the Hawaii Nail Salon and Spa in Deer Park on June 28, 2024.
    — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of rammed
Verb
  • He would later be beaten by the Cameroonian, who crashed a shot off the bar that Trafford could not get his hands on.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The suspect crashed into eight vehicles during the chase, police said.
    — Daniel S. Levine, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of crashed
Verb
  • The highlight of the two going up against each other came when Shough threw a ball up for grabs along the right sideline that Olave came down with, but Downs knocked it out at the last second.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Police surrounded the area, knocked repeatedly and called Brown by name, but no one answered.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of knocked

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“Impinged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impinged. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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