exacerbate

• The crying need of the hour is to ensure that the current financial crisis does not worsen: a difficult task given that governments so far have tended to exacerbate, rather than solve, recessions. —  YaleGlobal Online
• And obviously you kind of exacerbate it by currency. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
• Ozone, a pollutant which can damage plants and reduce crop yields, will likely exacerbate the current global food crisis, says a scientist who believes that the new EPA standards to combat rising ozone levels will not be enough to protect plants from its effects ...
• But in a recession, increased saving -- or its flip side, decreased spending -- can exacerbate the economy's woes. —  Minyanville
• While this part in the Journal article - "savings serve as a reservoir of capital that can be used to finance investment, which helps raise a nation's standard of living" - certainly is true, the real problem is blissfully glossed over into the next sentence on the "flip side" of savings, where "decreased spending ... can exacerbate the economy's woes." —  Minyanville

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