(~s, exacerbating, ~d)
If something ~s a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse. (FORMAL)
Longstanding poverty has been ~d by racial divisions.
= aggravate
VERB: V n
exacerbation
...the exacerbation of global problems.
N-UNCOUNT: usu the N of n
(~s, exacerbating, ~d)
If something ~s a problem or bad situation, it makes it worse. (FORMAL)
Longstanding poverty has been ~d by racial divisions.
= aggravate
VERB: V n
exacerbation
...the exacerbation of global problems.
N-UNCOUNT: usu the N of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012