0 something that has an effect on something else, often causing problems by limiting it in some way: --
Many people viewed the trade deal as an impingement of national interests.
He resented any impingement on his academic freedom.
The cyclist has struggled with a hip impingement for the last year and a half.
Both conservatives and liberals feel these protests are a dangerous impingement on free speech.
Several new surveys highlight the growing impingement of work on holiday time.
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