C1verb
exacerber
to exacerbate, to inflame
« Ces déclarations n’ont fait qu’exacerber les tensions. »
“These statements only exacerbated the tensions.”
In other languages
- Spanish exacerbar, enconar
- Portuguese exacerbar, acirrar
- German verschärfen, anheizen
- Italian esacerbare, inasprire
- Arabic يُفاقم، يُذكي
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