exacerbate
IPA: ɪgzˈæsɝbeɪt
verb
- (transitive) To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.); aggravate.
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Examples of "exacerbate" in Sentences
- They exacerbated the issue.
- Having fingernails exacerbated the condition.
- They should no have exacerbated the situation.
- All negative data merely exacerbate the fatalism.
- The conflict was exacerbated and turned into a war.
- The damage from the deluge was exacerbated by its timing.
- The problem was exacerbated by the altitude of the airport.
- In 1847, the famine came to exacerbate the general situation.
- It exacerbated the effects of the economic downturn of the early 80s.
- The economic malaise and industrial decline of the 1970s exacerbated this.
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