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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Recent research from the Concerned Women of America found that transgender athletes have bumped biological women out of 2,293 championship spots since the mid-1980s.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Adelaide’s arrival even bumped Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (King Charles’s youngest brother), out of the top 15 spots.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of bumped

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The second-year tight end also visited the blue medical tent on the sideline Sunday after a 19-yard catch-and-run in which he got collided hard with a Browns defensive back.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026
While the motorcyclist was in front of the Sierra, the truck driver failed to observe ahead and collided with the rear of the motorcycle.

— Felix Rodriguez, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of collided

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Both banged off the Tropicana Field catwalk in foul territory, nullifying the catch made on both of them.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of banged

Verb

According to the military and law enforcement, a Palestinian man rammed his car into a security checkpoint Wednesday afternoon near the settlement of Beit Horon, seriously wounding the officer.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
The Detroit-area Temple Israel was attacked on March 12 when a 41-year-old man rammed his truck packed with fireworks and gasoline deep into the building.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of rammed

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Here again, actors deploying crypto’s financial heft crashed through boundaries that would have earlier been difficult for artists to circumnavigate without having achieved legitimacy through more conventional pathways in existing hierarchies.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The plane that crashed was built in 1994 and originally went into service as a passenger plane before being converted to carry cargo in 2016, according to the NTSB report.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of crashed

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Pike attacked her, knocked her to the ground and hit her in the face with her knee and foot, according to court documents.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
The crash scattered pieces of the vehicle around the property and damaged a railing, melted plastic and knocked a section of brick from the building's exterior.

— Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

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