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Overview of verb intensify

The verb intensify has 4 senses


  • escalate, intensify, step up -- (increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing")

  • intensify, compound, heighten, deepen -- (make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions")

  • intensify, deepen -- (become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan")

  • intensify -- (make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark)


Overview of adj intensified

The adj intensified has 1 sense


  • intensified -- (made more intense; "the intensified scrutiny of the candidate's background")