exacerbation
Americannoun
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the act or process of making something more severe or intense.
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the state of being extremely annoyed, frustrated, or angry.
Example Sentences
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Plastics also contribute to exacerbation of climate change and biodiversity loss through various mechanisms.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
“There is a real threat of exacerbation of our ties with Israel in the current situation,” said Andrei Kortunov, academic director of the Russian International Affairs Council.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023
A spokesman told the BBC this would "lead to an exacerbation of the humanitarian problems".
From BBC • May 13, 2023
“You have a mix of climate change, poverty and aggressive urbanization, all contributing to the exacerbation of vibrio infections and an increase of other diseases like dengue, zika and parasitic infections.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
These and many such reflections passed through Lindsay's mind, and had roused his feelings to a tone of exacerbation against Arthur Butler, far surpassing any displeasure he had ever before indulged against this individual.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
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