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intensify
[ in-ten-suh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to make intense or more intense.
Synonyms: concentrate, quicken, deepen
- to make more acute; strengthen or sharpen.
Synonyms: concentrate, quicken, deepen
- Photography. to increase the density and contrast of (a negative) chemically.
verb (used without object)
- to become intense or more intense.
intensify
/ ɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪ /
verb
- to make or become intense or more intense
- tr to increase the density of (a photographic film or plate)
Derived Forms
- inˌtensifiˈcation, noun
Other Words From
- in·tensi·fi·cation noun
- de-in·tensi·fy verb deintensified deintensifying
- over·in·tensi·fi·cation noun
- over·in·tensi·fy verb overintensified overintensifying
- self-in·tensi·fied adjective
- self-in·tensi·fying adjective
- unin·tensi·fied adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of intensify1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
That has intensified a price war that further threatens Japanese brands, which are fighting to keep up with cleaner cars of their own.
Otherwise, communities will see only more death and economic disruption as the drought-deluge cycle continues to intensify.
Protests against Georgian Dream began immediately after parliamentary elections in October elections, but they intensified at the end of November when the government announced it was putting EU accession negotiations on hold until 2028.
Experts say seasonal storms like Chido are intensifying in strength due to warmer ocean waters.
He moved from Aleppo with his wife in 2015 when the war there intensified, but was not planning to return, even with the city under rebel control.
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