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exacerbate
[ig-zas-er-beyt, ek-sas-]
verb (used with object)
to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.
Synonyms: , , ,Antonyms: , , ,to embitter the feelings of (a person); irritate; exasperate.
exacerbate
/ ɪɡˈzæsəˌbeɪt, ɪkˈsæs- /
verb
to make (pain, disease, emotion, etc) more intense; aggravate
to exasperate or irritate (a person)
Other 51Թ Forms
- exacerbatingly adverb
- exacerbation noun
- unexacerbating adjective
- ˌˈپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of exacerbate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of exacerbate1
Example Sentences
Swisher also warns that assisted stretching could exacerbate existing injuries “like an acute sprain or tear without being cleared by a doctor first.”
But the intense anguish some feel at this moment has exacerbated the dilemma.
Experts warn that the decision to eliminate access to emergency life-saving abortions will further exacerbate the crisis for doctors.
His administration's cuts to UN aid agencies, and his dismantling of the American aid agency USAID, have also deepened the suffering of displaced and marginalised people in many regions and exacerbates tensions.
More than 18,000 people died in the disaster, a toll exacerbated by an initial warning that underestimated the size of the tsunami before communications systems cut out entirely.
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