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"Exacerbate" in a Sentence (15 examples)
Hot and blustery conditions will exacerbate the risk of fire tomorrow.
Hard surfaces, such as concrete, cover large portions of land, impede the natural absorption of water, and thus exacerbate surficial erosion on adjacent unprotected land.
Climate change threatens to exacerbate existing social and economic inequalities.
Trump went out of his way to exacerbate the pandemic at every opportunity.
In countries like Algeria, climate change will exacerbate droughts.
Climate change can exacerbate desertification in northern Algeria.
Global warming could exacerbate desertification in Algeria.
Don't exacerbate the problem.
Try not to exacerbate the situation.
The Oxfam report says the global trade in arms is a double-edged sword, it can fuel and exacerbate armed conflict while at the same time diverting resources away from poverty reduction.
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Near-synonym: worsen
The proposed shutdown would exacerbate unemployment problems.
Sino-Soviet relations were exacerbated by a border incident on May 9. Beijing charged that thirty Soviet troops, supported by a helicopter and navy boats, crossed the Ussuri River into the Hulin area of Heilongjiang province.
Liz: It's just with Ed here, it's no wonder I always bring my flat-mates out and then that only exacerbates things. Shaun: What do you mean? Liz: Well you guys hardly get on, do you? Shaun: No, what does "exacerbate" mean?
The reasons for this growing disconnect are myriad and complex but the situation is exacerbated by the reality that those English players who do smash through our game's "glass ceiling" command radically inflated transfer fees.
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