exacerbation

exacerbate | American Dictionary

exacerbate
verb[ T ]
us/ɪɡˈzæs·ərˌbeɪt/
to make something that is already bad worse:
Her allergy was exacerbated by the dust.

Examples of exacerbate

exacerbate
Problems in recruitment and retention are exacerbated by reports of low morale throughout the profession.
These gains in private technical efficiency raise social costs as the technological resource stock externality is exacerbated.
Because this strengthening typically takes place through a reduction in credit creation, it can produce a credit crunch that exacerbates the recession.
In societies characterised by extreme inequality, the effects of unequal citizen involvement may actually exacerbate the inequitable provision of public security.
This question is undoubtedly difficult to answer since the solutions to some problems exacerbate others.
The involvement of family doctors in administrative tasks takes them away from clinical services exacerbating problems.
Rivalrous relationships are distinct from other dyadic associations inasmuch as violence exacerbates mutual insecurities that already run deep.
The time constraints of the short field season, usually 2-3 months, exacerbate the problems caused by sample transport delays to an offsite laboratory.
A preoccupation with death, disrupted eating and sleeping patterns, or increased anger are other examples, all of which can exacerbate symptoms of mental illness.
Part of the reason for this is that such organisations are quite prone to reproducing and exacerbating local inequalities and conflicts within their structures.
Some groups append rural matters to their existing specialisms, exacerbating compartmentalisation.
In some soils, irrigation helped alleviate some of the effects of compaction but in others it exacerbated their severity.
In short, the idea that primaries exacerbate electoral corruption has little basis.
Student demonstrations against corruption in 1990 included opposition to single-party rule, on the grounds that it would exacerbate the problem of corruption.
The problem of streamlining these interests is dramatically exacerbated in the context of massive corporate consolidation.
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