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Verb: impinge on
  1. Affect, interfere with, or limit something
    "The new regulations impinge on our freedom"; "The neighbour's extension impinge ons our property";
    - impinge upon
     
  2. Come into sudden contact with
    "The asteroid impinged on the planet's atmosphere";
    - hit, strike, run into, collide with, impact

Derived forms: impinges on, impinging on, impinged on

Type of: touch