Impacting meaning

Unfortunately I couldn't tell them about the break in at Julie's place without it adversely impacting our anonymity.

At exploratory laparotomy raw bones were found impacting the bowel.

exploratory laparotomy raw bones were found impacting the bowel.

The impetus for these targets has mainly come from European legislation on waste, which is slowing impacting on the UK.

rias for proposals impacting solely on the public services should still be included in formal consultation exercises.