Impacting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impact \Im*pact"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Impacted}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Impacting}.] [L. impactus, p. p. of impingere to push,
     strike against. See {Impinge}.]
     1. To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a
        place. --Woodward.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. To affect or influence, especially in a significant or
        undesirable manner; as, budget cuts impacted the entire
        research program; the fish populations were adversely
        impacted by pollution.
        [PJC]
  
     3. To collide forcefully with; to strike.
        [PJC]