sharpen

The school they had gone to since 1848 had sharpened their wits.
L’expérience réalisée depuis 1848 les avait assagis.
Two years of conflict had sharpened political differences and deepened the already severe social and economic conditions of the large majority of the population.
Deux années de conflit ont accentué les différends politiques et n'ont fait que détériorer les conditions sociales et économiques d'une large majorité de la population, qui n'étaient déjà pas satisfaisantes.
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