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exacerbating

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ex·ac·er·bate  (g-zsr-bt)
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 exacerbre, exacerbt- : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + acerbre, to make harsh (from acerbus, harsh; see ak- in Indo-European roots).]
ex·acer·bation n.
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Adj.1.exacerbating - making worseexacerbating - making worse                        
aggravating, exasperating
intensifying - increasing in strength or intensity
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