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adj. - Making worse.

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  • Many of his supporters had a hand in exacerbating our credit crisis problems.
  • He went on too stated that the blockade is "utterly unjustified" and is "exacerbating" an already awful humanitarian crisis.
  • Mr Durkan described the continuing blockade of the territory by Israel as "utterly unjustified" and said it is "exacerbating" an already dire humanitarian crisis.
  • And farmers become too sick to work, exacerbating food shortages.
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