impinges
Strikes against something
Impinges means to strike or collide with something, or more commonly, to encroach or have an effect on: The new regulations impinge on personal freedoms.
Something that impinges makes contact or intrudes where it wasn't before—light impinges on a surface, noise impinges on concentration, one person's rights impinge on another's.
The word carries a sense of unwanted pressure or interference.
Unauthorized entry onto property
- encroachAdvance beyond proper limits
- violateBreak a rule deliberately
- overstepExceed proper limits
- transgressViolate a boundary
intrude · invade · encroachment · breach · overreach · infringement · usurp · obtrude
Forceful contact between objects
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- pressureForce upon contact
force · press · compress · pinch · squeeze · rub · abut · touch
trespass
Unauthorized entry onto property
transgress · intrude · invade · encroachment · breach · overreach · infringement · usurp · obtrude · impose
collision
Forceful contact between objects
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
pressure · force · press · compress · pinch · squeeze · rub · abut · touch · bear upon
influence
Power to affect others
alter · shape · color · sway · modify · concern · involve · implicate · pertain
constrain
To limit or restrict
curtail · hamper · hinder · obstruct · cramp · narrow · bound · circumscribe · constrict · inhibit