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to complicate
01
to make something harder to understand or deal with
Transitive: to complicate a situation
Examples
Introducing a new software halfway through the project might complicate our progress.
He did n't want to complicate matters by bringing up the past.
02
to make a medical condition more difficult to understand, manage, or treat
Transitive: to complicate a medical condition
Examples
The patient 's diabetes was complicated by the development of kidney disease.
Pneumonia can complicate a flu infection.
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