"exacerbated conflict" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means a conflict that has been made worse or more intense. Example: The political tensions in the country were already high, but the recent scandal has exacerbated the conflict between the two parties.
The at times fierce polarization in the debate on refugee admission and integration blocks sober consideration of the challenges that lie ahead when welfare regimes that are already under severe economic stress are exposed to unplanned large immigration and exacerbated conflicts over religious and ethnic diversity.
The promulgation of the Additional Act in 1834, a constitutional amendment that gave higher administrative and political provincial decentralization, exacerbated conflicts between political parties, as whichever dominated the provinces would also gain control over the electoral and political system.
In addition to spurring the rise of nationalist regimes in Egypt, Iraq, and Libya all of which would become as authoritarian and corrupt as the monarchies they had overthrown the West exacerbated conflicts in Lebanon by sponsoring its various warring sects and external actors.
Our court system is adversarial and exacerbates conflict.
The exploitation of Congo's mineral resources continues to exacerbate conflict and instability on the ground.
What can I say to exacerbate conflict?'" Brand's critique of Hannity's segment, named "Sympathy For The Terrorists", wasn't always so eloquent, however.
These events have provoked a chorus of trial skeptics, who contend that the threat of prosecution undermines democracy, exacerbates conflict and could lead to greater human rights violations.
Conservationists had argued that if oil had been found and exploited, it would potentially lead to the pollution of Lake Albert on which 50,000 families depend for fishing, and could further destabilise the region by exacerbating conflict between rival groups.
The attempt to create impersonal, merit-oriented bureaucracies and to spread liberal beliefs about gender, religion or criminal punishment is as likely to exacerbate conflict as to resolve it.
The view of distinguished sociologists such as David Martin is that in the modern world wars are usually caused by factors other than religion, but that because religion is such a crucial marker of identity, it can be used by unscrupulous people to exacerbate conflict.
