Exacerbate

"How everybody's all pretending they know what in hell the word exacerbate means." ❋ Card, Orson Scott (1995)

Although litigation may be necessary at some point, Mr. King's lawsuit has only served to "exacerbate" negotiations with BP, Mr. Riley said in an interview. ❋ Mike Esterl (2010)

He also warned Nato not to "exacerbate" its presence in the region. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Why am I sure the Pope's reply will be couched in some stupid definition of "exacerbate" along the lines of "encourage promiscuous behaviour"? ❋ Unknown (2009)

He added that the proliferation of netbooks and other mobile devices featuring ARM-based processors would be sure to "exacerbate" a rising demand for faster data access. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Anamika, who tied for fifth in her debut last year, kept both hands behind her back as she rattled off "exacerbate" and "foggara." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Geeslin indicated that increasing TWIA rates at this time would "exacerbate" the burdens faced by Texas living along the coast but recognized that "some modest rate increases" might ❋ Unknown (2009)

So we kind of exacerbate that dynamic to the fullest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And obviously you kind of exacerbate it by currency. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The comments helped fuel some merger speculation, which Mr. Cordani didn't want to exacerbate Thursday. ❋ Jon Kamp (2011)

A focus on succession and borders can also unwittingly exacerbate extremist elements. ❋ Arjun Sethi (2011)

Reducing the quality of books seems like it would only exacerbate the problem: in a market where the general quality of books is collectively lowered, high visibility authors would soak up even more of the sales. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The psychological impact of the downgrade might cause stocks to fall Monday and could exacerbate the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, experts say. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Both Wordsworth and Coleridge left Cambridge with a love of literature, and a revolutionary fervor that would only exacerbate their troubles. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the end, the tax will make it more expensive for large employers to hire lower income workers (who qualify for government subsidies), and thus exacerbate unemployment. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He'll agree to spend some time and money on researching the failing Medicare program ... while he secretly tries to bumrush and bully Congress into passing a health care system modeled after it, which will exacerbate the losses and deepen our fiscal problems. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This funding proposal would add just another layer to the accusations by Iran that the US is meddling and further exacerbate a tenuous situation in that country's effort to obtain a nuclear weapon. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to the Los Angeles Times, "evidence is growing that companies are moving more jobs than ever to China and other countries -- a trend that could exacerbate efforts to bring down the nation's stubbornly high unemployment rate." ❋ Murray Fromson (2010)

The relative youth of Latinos serves to exacerbate other risk factors already facing the community. ❋ Paul Kawata (2010)

"There's hundreds of [Zombies] [outside], and they're really going to exacerbate [things]." ❋ Thegreatnick (2005)

[Faux News] only helps to exacerbate the electorates [intelligence] [level]. ❋ DMg_Halt (2017)

Don't exacerbate [things]! ❋ Shane (2004)

[Self-importance] tends to exacerbate the use of a [grandiose] [vocabulary]. ❋ Justme2 (2007)

Last night, I went home, and exacerbated for literally [3 hours]...I've never [slept] better or... She's so hot. [You don't know] how many times I've exacerbated while thinking about her ❋ Jmag123 (2009)

[Jimmy's] attempts to gain recongnition inhigh school only exacerbated his already [troublesome] [identity crisis]. ❋ Mac11 (2004)

I totally killed my [workout] yesterday - I had to [exacerbate] [to failure] for 5 sets! ❋ Master Exacerbater (2012)

[fudrucker's] exacerbates [puerile] [wit]. ❋ Darius Sunofovich (2005)

Eric: "[Get out of my room], I'm masturbating." [Ian]: "Alright, just don't [exacerbate]." ❋ Electricfeel (2009)

[The other day] you exacerbated me [soooo] [bad]. ❋ Chasumitity (2003)