exacerbate

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

Translation

exacerbate: v. forverre; forstærke
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 som forverret rasistiske spenninger; en tung regn som forverret flodbekymringer.

everything conspires to exacerbate the situation.

alt konspirerer for å forverre situasjonen

these problems were exacerbated by central government's policies.

disse problemene ble forverret av sentralregjeringens politikker.

The drugs they gave her only exacerbated the pain.

Medisinerne de gav henne forverret bare smerten.

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

Været hadde forverret et annet problem nå: svamp, oidium og ... snegler.

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

Og situasjonen i France Telecom ble forverret av at så mange ansatte ikke kunne bli sparket.

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