intensify | ||
1. | [ verb ] increase in extent or intensity | |
Synonyms: | step_up escalate | |
Examples: | "The Allies escalated the bombing" |
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Related terms: | de-escalate increase redouble escalation increase | |
2. | [ verb ] become more intense | |
Synonyms: | deepen | |
Examples: | "The debate intensified" "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" |
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Related terms: | increase accelerate erupt sharpen condense build redouble intensity | |
3. | [ verb ] make more intense, stronger, or more marked | |
Synonyms: | compound deepen heighten | |
Examples: | "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her", "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness" "This event only deepened my convictions" |
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Related terms: | increase enhance fan heat_up sharpen amplify sharpen intensifier | |
4. | [ verb ] make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark | |
Related terms: | change photography | |
Similar spelling: |
intensifying intensity indemnify intensively intensifier intensified intensive intension intensely indemnity intense intensional intently intention intent_on intent intend intentness in_time |