Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Making worse.
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- verb Present participle of
exacerbate .
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- adjective making worse
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Examples
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Lesson to be learned: Activists on the left are much more interested in exacerbating their differences to the point of sectarian bickering than in uniting their efforts to accomplish even one thing they can mostly agree on, which leads to the prominence of rightwing maniacs that no one agrees with but that at least present a unified front of crazy instead of 37 different flavors of it.
Progressive activists tussle over Islam and homophobia - Boing Boing 2009
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Bob McDonnell, citing the rising influence of the Christian right in exacerbating “discrimination” against gays and women.
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Many of his supporters had a hand in exacerbating our credit crisis problems.
A Republican Among Democrats - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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I think some of it had to do with the post 9/11 moment and some of it was due to their complicity in exacerbating the permanent campaign culture.
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Though nature played a part, human action played a key role in exacerbating this disaster.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: January 2006 Archives 2006
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Though nature played a part, human action played a key role in exacerbating this disaster.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Saturday News Blogging 2006
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Church leaders blamed feminism for 'exacerbating' problems within marriage and described same-sex unions as an 'eclipse of God'.
Archive 2006-06-01 Will 2006
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Church leaders blamed feminism for 'exacerbating' problems within marriage and described same-sex unions as an 'eclipse of God'.
Happy Father's Day Will 2006
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He went on too stated that the blockade is "utterly unjustified" and is "exacerbating" an already awful humanitarian crisis.
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Mr Durkan described the continuing blockade of the territory by Israel as "utterly unjustified" and said it is "exacerbating" an already dire humanitarian crisis.
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