exacerbate
verb (used with object)
to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.
had exacerbated
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past perfectof exacerbate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It also said the Korean government becoming the "de factor organiser" had exacerbated the event's problems and caused several "structural and co-ordination complications".
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2024
Former charity worker Jass has been without her prescription for six months and told the BBC it had exacerbated her fibromyalgia, a long-term condition that causes pain all over her body.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2024
In recently weeks, Prigozhin had refrained from public attacks on Shoigu, even as he continued to suggest that deliberate ammunition shortages had exacerbated Wagner casualty figures.
From Reuters ● May 5, 2023
Still, the lockdowns and self-isolation of these Covid years had exacerbated what the survey's authors called a "loneliness epidemic."
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023
The feudal system, which had been further consolidated during the thirteenth century, had exacerbated the tensions of the peasants, and hostilities among the boyars increased.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
