impacted

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of impact. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The storm impacted travel plans across the whole region.

   Rising prices impacted many families last year.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Hit or damaged by something that crashed into it.

   Like a wall that still shows the mark where a ball hit it hard.

   The impacted car door would not open after the crash.

   Engineers checked the impacted panel for hidden cracks.

   Similarhit, damaged

   Oppositeuntouched, undamaged, intact

3. 3
   adjective

   Of a tooth, stuck under the gum or bone so it cannot come through properly.

   Like a drawer jammed in place so it can't slide open.

   The dentist said my impacted tooth needed to come out.

   An impacted wisdom tooth can cause swelling and pain.

   Similarwedged, embedded, stuck, lodged, trapped

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4. 4
   adjectiveUS

   Of a local district, losing tax money because of nearby federal land, so it can get special government help.

   Like a store that earns less money because a new building took away its parking, so the town helps pay its bills.

   The impacted district received extra federal funds for its schools.

   Families on the base live in an impacted county that gets aid.

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