There were no casualties, but the attack aggravated and deepened ethnic tensions.

As for the impact of terrorism, he said that recent terrorist attacks like the bombing in Bali only deepened fears.

The attacks on the symbols of American finance only deepened the recession among personal finance magazines.

And their attacks have deepened the resolve of some conservative whites to take the law into their own hands.

The President's attack on the assembly has deepened the uncertainty in the country's immediate political future.

The spoiled attack on a large mammal, the noisome counterattack by many other mammals, deepened its preternatural caution.

Business executives eased off on the drastic reduction of excess inventories that had stemmed from fears the Sept. 11 attacks would deepen the recession.

But last night, Jews throughout the region went to services, often saying that last week's attack had deepened their resolve, and need, to attend.

The attacks clearly deepened the contraction and may have been an important factor in turning the episode into a recession.

If anything, those attacks have deepened anti-immigrant sentiments.