exacerbate
Example Sentences
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In the UK, poor air quality is thought to kill 30,000 people a year, as well as harming babies in the womb and exacerbating conditions from asthma to dementia.
From BBC
The crypto slump has been brutal in recent days, exacerbated by a selloff in software stocks triggered by concerns over artificial-intelligence automation.
From Barron's
These loans helped to exacerbate the effects of the stock-market rash and Great Depression.
From MarketWatch
“These challenges are exacerbated by heightened geopolitical risks, especially in a world where critical minerals have become a top priority national security concern for the U.S., China and other regions.”
“If we’re right, all that’s going to do is exacerbate inflation further, cause further depreciation of the dollar and steepen the yield curve.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
