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Exacerbating

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Adjective

1. aggravating, exacerbating, exasperating

making worse

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Exacerbating

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to make (pain, disease, emotion, etc) more intense; aggravate
2. 
to exasperate or irritate (a person)

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Exacerbating

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verb transitiveWord forms: exˈacerˌbated or exˈacerˌbating
1. 
to make more intense or sharp; aggravate (disease, pain, annoyance, etc.)
2. 
to exasperate; annoy; irritate; embitter

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Exacerbating

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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.

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