impinging

verb

Definition of impingingnext
present participle of impinge
as in colliding
to come into usually forceful contact with something hail was noisily impinging upon the car's exterior

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impinging
  1. colliding
  2. bumping
  3. slamming
  4. ramming
Verb
  • The two have appeared to be colliding once again, this time involving the rapper Drake and arguably the greatest basketball player of all time, LeBron James.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • On York Boulevard in Los Angeles, a blurred black hole hangs on a dark wall, joined only by a pair of headphones playing looping echoes of its siblings colliding.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of colliding
Verb
  • Then there was an inactive Georgia player getting too excited on Arian Smith’s 63-yard catch and run and bumping into a side judge; Smart said normally that would result in a warning, but this Big 12 crew went for the 15-yard penalty.
    Seth Emerson, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The Heat were readying to inbound a pass in the backcourt while up by four points in the final 36 seconds when Thompson and Herro began bumping each other.
    Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of bumping
Verb
  • Hundreds of drones being used as part of a Saturday night aerial light show in Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando appeared to be flying into position before several started falling from the sky before slamming to the ground, according to videos posted online.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • His endorsement of the AfD came alongside a video of a far-right German commentator slamming the leading candidate to become Germany’s next chancellor, the conservative Friedrich Merz.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of slamming
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  • The car-ramming attack at the Magdeburg Christmas market could be politicized by far-right parties in the country, which have already made advances in parts of Germany.
    Giulia Carbonaro, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Still, with a narrow majority in Congress, multiple reports suggest the president-elect is reluctant to expend too much political capital on ramming Hegseth through the Senate and has begun exploring alternatives.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of ramming
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