Synonyms for exacerbates
ex·ac·er·bates

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1. snowballs

   the use of the word "snowball" can also apply to a situation intensifying or accelerating into a bigger situation.

   the small untruth that the boy told snowballed into a huge web of lies.

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "exacerbates":

   aggravates, worsens, exacerbate, heightens, accentuates, deepens, intensifies, increases

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1. Antony Blinken:

   The escalation in fighting only exacerbates a dire humanitarian crisis and the suffering of the Yemeni people.

2. Vago Muradian:

   Iran is looming very, very large after the resumption of its nuclear activities, the Saudi Aramco attack and earlier this summer the shootdown of the (U.S.) RQ-4 reconnaissance drone, all of these elements are coming together to raise tensions and then you have the internal unrest in Iran which I think exacerbates the situation, because you don't know how the leadership is going to react in a moment like that.

3. Mickaela Bradford:

   You talk to any transgender person that has to travel across states, we are doubly prepared for stares, for violence, for looking for all of our escape exits at all times, there's a heightened level of violence in this country against transgender people in all settings and so [ the overturning of Roe ] just exacerbates that.

4. Senate Democrats:

   I would never promise something to the American people that I can't deliver and I think it's not responsible for elected leaders to do that, being honest is the most appropriate way to engage in any interaction, whether it's in a political setting or in a personal setting, but I also believe that when elected leaders on either side of the political aisle promise things that can not be delivered it actually exacerbates the political problems we face in our country.

5. Noordin Haji:

   Corruption exacerbates everything, it made the terrorists able to exploit our witnesses in Kenya very easily. It let criminals operate with impunity.