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intenseness |
intensification |
intensified |
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intensify
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| intension
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| intensity
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intensify
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb intensify has 4 senses
- intensify(v = verb.change) escalate, step up - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" is one way to increase
- intensify(v = verb.change) compound, deepen, heighten - 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" is one way to increase
- intensify(v = verb.change) deepen - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" is one way to increase
- intensify(v = verb.change) Array - make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark; Array is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun intensification1, noun intensity2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun intensification1, noun intensifier1, noun intensity2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun intensification1, noun intensity2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived forms noun intensification2, noun intensity4
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
intensify, v. t. [Intense + -fly.].
To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
"How piercing is the sting of pride
By want embittered and intensified." [1913 Webster]
By want embittered and intensified." [1913 Webster]
intensify, v. i.
To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
intensify, v. (-ies, -ied)
1 tr. & intr. make or become intense or more intense.
2 tr. Photog. increase the opacity of (a negative).
1 tr. & intr. make or become intense or more intense.
2 tr. Photog. increase the opacity of (a negative).
Derivative
intensification n.
THESAURUS
intensify
accelerate, accent, accentuate, accrue, accumulate, advance, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, appreciate, augment, balloon, beef up, bloat, blow up, boom, breed, broaden, build up, complicate, concentrate, condense, consolidate, crescendo, deepen, deteriorate, develop, double, embitter, emphasize, enhance, enlarge, escalate, exacerbate, exaggerate, exalt, exasperate, focus, gain, gain strength, get ahead, go up, grow, heat up, heighten, hop up, hot up, increase, irritate, jazz up, key up, magnify, make acute, make complex, make worse, mount, multiply, proliferate, provoke, quicken, ramify, redouble, reinforce, rise, rouse, run up, sharpen, shoot up, snowball, soup up, sour, spread, step up, strengthen, stress, swell, triple, wax, whet, widen, worsenROGET THESAURUS
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Increase
VB increase, augment, add to, enlarge, dilate, grow, wax, get ahead, gain strength, advance, run up, shoot up, rise, ascend, sprout, aggrandize, raise, exalt, deepen, heighten, strengthen, intensify, enhance, magnify, redouble, aggravate, exaggerate, exasperate, exacerbate, add fuel to the flame, oleum addere camino, superadd, spread.Physical Energy
VB give energy, energize, stimulate, kindle, excite, exert, sharpen, intensify, inflame, wind up, strike home, into home, hard home, make an impression.
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