exacerbate

[US]/ɪɡˈzæsəbeɪt/
[UK]/ɪɡˈzæsərbeɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

exacerbate: v. forværre; intensivere
Word Forms
Third Person Singularexacerbates
Present Participleexacerbating
Past Participleexacerbated
Past Tenseexacerbated

Example Sentences

a speech that exacerbated racial tensions; a heavy rainfall that exacerbated the flood problems.

en tale, der forværrede de racemæssige spændinger; et kraftigt regnskyl, der forværrede oversvømmelsesproblemerne.

everything conspires to exacerbate the situation.

alt konspirerer for at forværre situationen

these problems were exacerbated by central government's policies.

disse problemer blev forværret af centralregeringens politikker.

The drugs they gave her only exacerbated the pain.

De stoffer, de gav hende, forværrede kun smerten.

The weather had exacerbated another problem by now: mildew, oidium and…..snails.

Vejret havde forværret et andet problem: skimmel, oidium og snegle.

And the situation in France Telecom was exacerbated by the fact that so many workers were unsackable.

Og situationen i France Telecom blev forværret af det faktum, at så mange arbejdstagere var umulige at fyre.

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