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v. - Make sour or bitter; Cause to be bitter or resentful.

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  • Everything Booth did only seemed to ex-acerbate the problem.
  • No. Is it possible he saw an opportunity to acerbate the situation and shine a brighter light on the problem?
  • He is smart as he could acerbate the problem by riding in with chaps and spurs and strut and the attitude that I AM THE WAY! history repeats
  • She said one of Eskom's aims was to make people aware about saving electricity because if was not used properly, it would acerbate the possible shortages.
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