Acerbate

He is smart as he could acerbate the problem by riding in with chaps and spurs and strut and the attitude that I AM THE WAY! history repeats ❋ Unknown (2009)

With the rating agencies calling even America's triple-A rating into question, not all the euro-zone summit meetings, of which there have been many and will be many more, can persuade lenders that it is a good idea to make capital available to Greece, or Portugal, or Ireland on terms that will not stifle growth in those countries and acerbate their downward spiral. ❋ Irwin Stelzer (2011)

Rather than address the problem honestly and have Medicare pick up the medical tab for regular treatment of the uninsured, something that would acerbate the current financial failings of Medicare, they propose to wreck the best health care system in the world with yet another equally flawed government program. ❋ Unknown (2009)

No. Is it possible he saw an opportunity to acerbate the situation and shine a brighter light on the problem? ❋ Unknown (2009)

As that pollution is reduced for health reasons, we're going to blast right through 2 degrees, which is enough to ex-acerbate droughts and storms, wreak havoc on agriculture, and produce a planet warmer than it's been in millions of years. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lady Laura had triumphed; but she had no desire to acerbate her husband by any unpalatable allusion to her victory. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The poor girl had not spirit sufficient to upbraid her friend; nor did it suit her now to acerbate an enemy. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He did not wish to acerbate the member for Mile End, and was quite willing to give him a lift towards keeping his seat for the borough, if able to do so without cost to the public exchequer. ❋ Unknown (2004)

She said one of Eskom's aims was to make people aware about saving electricity because if was not used properly, it would acerbate the possible shortages. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Everything Booth did only seemed to ex-acerbate the problem. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean (1979)

Afar from our turbulent cabals; from the ignoble jealousy and the sordid strife which degrade and acerbate the ambition of Genius, -- in your Roman Home, you have lived amidst all that is loveliest and least perishable in the past, and contributed with the noblest aims, and in the purest spirit, to the mighty heirlooms of the future. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

"The results of this study showed a significant proportion of tuatara in New Zealand are not provided with sufficient access to ultraviolet B light for the synthesis of vitamin D, which may acerbate the problems created by a poor diet," the study said. ❋ By MARTIN VAN BEYNEN (2010)

Unless these thinned stands are repeatedly treated, they can actually acerbate fire hazard by increasing the overall abundance of the very fuels which are most problematic-the smaller shrubs, grasses, and small trees that sustain fire spread. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, should he acerbate the situation by refusing to train or, as has been suggested, quitting the game in order to be closer to his two daughters in Buenos Aires, then City would be entitled to sue for breach of contract. ❋ Andy Hunter (2010)