ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Impacted

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Impacted is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of impact.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of impact.

More Meanings

  1. Having undergone an impact.
  2. (dentistry) Of a tooth, subject to dental impaction.
  3. (US, economics) Having lost property revenue due to Federal presence, such that it may receive impact aid.

Example Sentences

Being the last teeth to erupt in the oral cavity, many wisdom teeth are impacted.
Like many of my colleagues, I represent one of the most highly impacted schools in the Nation. This school relies on the impact aid program.
Table A3-1 compares the capabilities of (1) impacted communities and school districts to finance capital improvements from their own resources […]

Synonyms for impacted

Depending on context, synonyms include compact, wedged.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wedged, compact, hit, exploded, crushed, hampered.

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