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In a technical report: One setting causes a problem to arise. Another setting causes this negative effect to get worse.

For example:" When setting the switch to "magic" the runtime increased. Hitting the machine with a hammer [foo'ed] the problem. "

I have the feeling that "exasperate" or "experdite""expedite" could maybe be used to describe this but that they don't quite hit the mark.

In a technical report: One setting causes a problem to arise. Another setting causes this negative effect to get worse.

For example:" When setting the switch to "magic" the runtime increased. Hitting the machine with a hammer [foo'ed] the problem. "

I have the feeling that "exasperate" or "experdite" could maybe be used to describe this but that they don't quite hit the mark.

In a technical report: One setting causes a problem to arise. Another setting causes this negative effect to get worse.

For example:" When setting the switch to "magic" the runtime increased. Hitting the machine with a hammer [foo'ed] the problem. "

I have the feeling that "exasperate" or "expedite" could maybe be used to describe this but that they don't quite hit the mark.

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Single word to describe "make something worse"

In a technical report: One setting causes a problem to arise. Another setting causes this negative effect to get worse.

For example:" When setting the switch to "magic" the runtime increased. Hitting the machine with a hammer [foo'ed] the problem. "

I have the feeling that "exasperate" or "experdite" could maybe be used to describe this but that they don't quite hit the mark.