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exacerbating
ex·ac·er·bate E0258500 (ĭg-zăs′ər-bāt′)tr.v. ex·ac·er·bat·ed, ex·ac·er·bat·ing, ex·ac·er·bates To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate: a speech that exacerbated racial tensions; a heavy rainfall that exacerbated the flood problems.
[Latin exacerbāre, exacerbāt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + acerbāre, to make harsh (from acerbus, harsh; see ak- in Indo-European roots).]
ex·ac′er·ba′tion n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  exacerbating - making worse aggravating, exasperatingintensifying - increasing in strength or intensity |
exacerbating
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