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Intensify

//ɪnˈtɛnsɪfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To render more intense. transitive

    "to intensify the heat or cold"

  2. 2
    become more intense wordnet
  3. 3
    To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy. intransitive

    "Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force."

  4. 4
    make more intense, stronger, or more marked wordnet
  5. 5
    increase in extent or intensity wordnet
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  1. 6
    make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark wordnet

Etymology

From intense + -ify. Compare French intensifier.

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