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impacted

[ im-pak-tid ]

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adjective

tightly or immovably wedged in.
Dentistry. noting a tooth so confined in its socket as to be incapable of normal eruption.
driven together; tightly packed.
densely populated or crowded; overcrowded:
an impacted school district.

impacted

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adjective

(of a tooth) unable to erupt, esp because of being wedged against another tooth below the gum
(of a fracture) having the jagged broken ends wedged into each other

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Other Word Forms

�Դǲ�i��·�貹��Ļ� adjective
�ܲ�i��·�貹��Ļ� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of impacted¹

First recorded 1675–85; obsolete adjective impact (from Latin ��峦�ٳܲ�, past participle of impingere “to fasten, cause to collide, strike,” equivalent to im- “in” + pag-, variant stem of pangere “to drive in, plant firmly” + -tus past participle suffix) + -ed ²; im- ¹, impinge

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The parents of the “impacted students” have been notified, according to the district message.

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"In the short term, some Chinese exporters will be greatly impacted," says Prof Zhang.

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“Part of the problem is we don’t know the full scope of how it has impacted people,” said Natasha Baker, an attorney with UnCommon Law.

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District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina has consolidated it with two other lawsuits related to Griffin and the state GOP's election protest, including one filed by impacted voters in mid-April.

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"I will be impacted by what they are looking to do, that's my understanding of it," he said.

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