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What does worsen mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To make worse; to impair.
  2. (intransitive) To become worse; to get worse.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To get the better of; to worst.
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And who wants to have it worsen at the sound of an annoying ring of a telephone?
How can the disbandment of four infantry battalions do anything but worsen the situation?
Dry mouth, which can be brought on by neuroleptics, antidepressants, and anticholinergics, may worsen the problem.
Many autistics avoid gluten, because they think it may worsen their symptoms.
I expect obesity to worsen in all the industrialized and industrializing countries and for human health to suffer as a result.
Rapidly deteriorating, Charlie's punctuation and spelling worsen and he prays that he may retain the ability to read and write.

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