Saturday, January 29, 2011

exacerbate

ex·ac·er·bate  (g-zsr-bt)
tr.v. ex·ac·er·bat·edex·ac·er·bat·ingex·ac·er·bates
To increase the severity, violence, or bitterness of; aggravate: a speech that exacerbated racial tensions; a heavy rainfall that exacerbated the flood problems.

China has already built three dams on the Longjiang River that have substantially depleted the water levels of the river in Myanmar. The new dam will inevitably exacerbate this crisis further which will pinch the Myanmarese traders even harder as they depend on water transport for carrying merchandise.

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