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acerbate

[ verb as-er-beyt; adjective uh-sur-bit ]

verb (used with object)

acerbated, acerbating.
  1. to make sour or bitter.
  2. to exasperate.


adjective

acerbate

/ ˈæ²õəˌ²ú±ðɪ³Ù /

verb

  1. to embitter or exasperate
  2. to make sour or bitter
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of acerbate1

1725–35; < Latin ²¹³¦±ð°ù²úÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, past participle of ²¹³¦±ð°ù²úÄå°ù±ð to make bitter. See acerbic, -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of acerbate1

C18: from Latin ²¹³¦±ð°ù²úÄå³Ù³Ü²õ, past participle of ²¹³¦±ð°ù²úÄå°ù±ð to make sour
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Fires ravaging huge swaths of countryside only acerbate the climate crisis, he said.

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Without a trade deal, it would have acerbated chaos at the border where checks on goods will have to be increased since Britain is fully out of the 27-nation bloc.

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Scientists insist that climate change has acerbated already ripe conditions for calamitous fires, while critics have contended that such devastation is nothing new to the Australian landscape.

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"Instead of advancing the United States' interests, politicising trade will only acerbate the country's economic woes, and poison the overall China-US relationship," it said.

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"But instead of advancing the United States' interests, politicising trade will only acerbate the country's economic woes, and poison the overall China-U.S. relationship."

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