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- [n] a sharp collision produced by striking or dashing against something
- [n] influencing strongly; "they resented the impingement of American values on European culture"
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| | Synonyms: | | encroachment, impact, impaction |
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| | See Also: | | crash, influence, smash |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*pinge"ment\, n.
The act of impinging.
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| | Related Terms: | | appulse, attouchement, brunt, brush, bulldozing, bulling, bump, cannon, carambole, caress, carom, clash, collision, concussion, contact, contingence, crack-up, crash, crump, crunch, encounter, encroachment, entrance, entrenchment, glance, graze, hammering, impact, impingence, imposition, incursion, infiltration, influx, infringement, injection, inroad, insinuation, interference, interjection, interloping, interposition, interposure, interruption, intervention, intrusion, invasion, irruption, jar, jolt, kiss, mauling, meeting, nudge, obtrusion, onslaught, osculation, percussion, ramming, rub, shock, sideswipe, sledgehammering, smash, smashing, smash-up, taction, tangency, tentative contact, thrusting, touch, touching, trespass, trespassing, unlawful entry, whomp |
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