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Touch on what brought Zulu warriors to a strange end (7)

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I believe the answer is:

impinge

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'touch' is the definition.
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'zulu warriors to a strange end' is the wordplay.
'zulu warriors' becomes 'impi' (I've seen this before).
'to' becomes 'ng' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'end' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'strange' is 'e'.
'impi'+'ng'+'e'='IMPINGE'

'on what brought' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for impinge that I've seen before include "Encroach (upon)" , "Make an impact, or have bearing on" , "Trespass (upon)" , "Encroach on the pig in me" , "Make an impact, encroach" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Irish News.
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