IMPACTED Synonyms: 165 Similar and Opposite Words

impacted 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of impacted

as in embedded

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verb

past tense of impact

as in affected

to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response the tragic loss of his father impacted the boy for the rest of his life

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as in bumped

to come into usually forceful contact with something the damage sustained when a car going 40 miles an hour impacts with a brick wall

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as in rooted

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter the bullet was found impacted in the police officer's protective vest

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Recent Examples of impacted

Adjective

The company's own testing has not identified any impacted powdered beverage mixes, and the recall is being issued out of an abundance of caution. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026 The Ranger nameplate isn't particularly unreliable, though drivers with an impacted Ranger model should bring it in for inspection and repair as soon as possible to avoid any mishaps or issues. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026

Verb

But a spokesperson with Foster said the termination also impacted its facility in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026 The organization had been personally impacted – two employees’ sons worked for Cantor Fitzgerald and perished in the North Tower. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for impacted

Recent Examples of Synonyms for impacted

Adjective

Native culture is an imbedded fact of Minnesota’s history and now the Indian – a brave, a scout, God forbid somebody’s friend — is gone from the flag.

— Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
The device receives a video feed captured by external smart glasses with an embedded camera.

— Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Definition of embedded

Verb

Tall thunderstorm clouds will be affected by those changing winds and rotate.

— Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
Attorneys for New Mexico had sought $35 billion to $40 billion, arguing that the company would only change its ways with a sum that affected its stock price.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of affected

Verb

The character always bumped some people, and those feelings coalesced around Hari Kondabolu’s 2017 documentary The Problem With Apu.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
The surfer who made the report was not bumped, bitten or otherwise hurt by the shark, Peters said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bumped

Adjective

Notably, the record has changed hands several times in the last few years, reflecting a landscape in which big hits become entrenched in consistent streaming performance and radio airplay cycles that led to extensive, chart-topping runs.

— Trevor Anderson, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026
How far might a nation go that had no kings to depose, no entrenched hierarchies to uproot, a country so young and iconoclastic and resource-rich?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of entrenched

Verb

Anderson rose to prominence in the early 1980s with a traditional country sound influenced by artists including Merle Haggard and George Jones.

— Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Many of the artists Anderson influenced throughout his prolific career took to social media following news of his death.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026

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The plane collided with power lines on the south side of the roadway, leaving fragments of the propeller and fiberglass under the power lines.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026
The driver who collided with the riders fled, but police, with the assistance of witnesses, were able to track down a suspect at his home near the scene of the collision, Montclair police said.

— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

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Alongside Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, Netflix has lodged an appeal with France’s highest administrative court, the Conseil d’État, challenging new sub-quotas for investment in documentaries and animation.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
The protests being lodged against that decision provide some comfort, and Louise would have been grateful for them.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

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