impinged
Crossed a boundary
Impinged is the past tense of impinge, meaning to encroach or have an effect on something, usually unwelcome: The noise impinged on my concentration.
Something that impinges strikes or collides with a surface: Light impinged on the sensor.
The word often appears with "on" or "upon" to indicate what's being affected or intruded upon.
Unauthorized entry onto property
- infringeViolate another's rights
- overstepExceed proper limits
- invadeEnter by force
- encroachAdvance beyond proper limits
violate · transgress · intrude · breach · usurp · overreach · appropriate · trample
Past tense of hitting
- pressedPushed or smoothed flat
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- contactedMade communication with
- collidedStruck with force
bumped · touched · jarred · compressed · pushed · knocked · nudged · abutted
Forced into narrow limits
- limitedRestricted in extent
- hamperedObstructed or restricted
- inhibitedHeld back by self-consciousness
- curtailedCut short prematurely
confined · restrained · narrowed · compressed · squeezed · pinched · constricted · cramped
trespass
Unauthorized entry onto property
encroach · violate · transgress · intrude · breach · usurp · overreach · appropriate · trample · impose
struck
Past tense of hitting
collided · bumped · touched · jarred · compressed · pushed · knocked · nudged · abutted · brushed
constrained
Forced into narrow limits
curtailed · confined · restrained · narrowed · compressed · squeezed · pinched · constricted · cramped · obstructed