Vocabulary
Exacerbate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
To make something that is already bad even worse
Urdu meaning
[pukhto] شدت پیدا کرنا، مشتعل کرنا [/pukhto]
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Continued denuding of mountains will raise temperatures and exacerbate glacier shrinkage.
- Lack of digital literacy and weak regulation exacerbate the issue, often resulting in mob violence.
- Any undemocratic political change could exacerbate matters in a province already facing resurgence of violent militancy that has already claimed hundreds of lives, most of them soldiers.
- Clearly, water wars are not a solution, and ongoing hostility will only exacerbate instability.
- High import tariffs and the inability to acquire goods that can support technological progress exacerbate the economic challenges.
Synonyms
aggravate, annoy, heighten
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