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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert:

   If they can be extended, it really suppresses the problem, if they can't be extended, it exacerbates the problem.

4. Michael Harrison:

   With the kind of violent crime we see here in Baltimore, the number of homicides and shootings, we see people's willingness to use those guns only because they made a conscious decision to carry them unlawfully. This decision now exponentially exacerbates that problem.

5. Goldsher Irace:

   The selfie indeed promotes or exacerbates body dysmorphia. It is a relatively brand new context in which one can both obsessively analyze themselves and be analyzed by others, what to these celebrities is simply ‘sharing’ or more accurately marketing themselves can become a dangerous image to put out. These selfie images could then contribute to one’s depression, body disorder, anxiety and sense of social standing.