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intensation |
intensative |
intense |
intensely |
intenseness |
intensification
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| intensifier
| intensify
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intensification
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun intensification has 2 senses
- intensification(n = noun.act) - action that makes something stronger or more extreme; is a kind of increase, step-up
- intensification(n = noun.act) - the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film); is a kind of increase, step-up
has particulars: roughness, aggravation, exacerbation, focalisation, focalization, focusing
Derived forms verb intensify3, verb intensify2, verb intensify1
Derived form verb intensify4
CIDE DICTIONARY
intensification, n.
The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
intensification
accelerando, acceleration, aggravation, amplification, annoyance, augmentation, beefing-up, blowing up, blowup, concentration, condensation, consolidation, contentiousness, deepening, deliberate aggravation, deterioration, embittering, embitterment, enhancement, enlargement, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, explosion, heating-up, heightening, increase, information explosion, irritation, magnification, pickup, population explosion, provocation, redoubling, reinforcement, sharpening, souring, speedup, step-up, strengthening, tightening, worsening
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