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intensify
[ in-ten-suh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to make intense or more intense.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms: ,
- to make more acute; strengthen or sharpen.
Synonyms: , ,
- Photography. to increase the density and contrast of (a negative) chemically.
verb (used without object)
- to become intense or more intense.
intensify
/ ɪˈɛԲɪˌڲɪ /
verb
- to make or become intense or more intense
- tr to increase the density of (a photographic film or plate)
Derived Forms
- ˌٱԲھˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٱȴ·ھ·tDz noun
- -·ٱs·ڲ verb deintensified deintensifying
- over··ٱȴ·ھ·tDz noun
- v··ٱs·ڲ verb overintensified overintensifying
- -·ٱs·ھ adjective
- -·ٱs·ڲiԲ adjective
- ܲi·ٱs·ھ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of intensify1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Nearly five months into the ceasefire, the return of Israeli air strikes to Beirut has intensified fears of a return to all-out war.
Warnings of a global recession have been intensifying as the trade war heats up.
Donald Trump may be overseeing and intensifying a planetary bankruptcy, a kind of decline and fall that hasn’t been part of the human experience until now.
His new "reciprocal" tariffs - including a duty of 104% on goods arriving from China - came into force on Wednesday, intensifying a global trade war and further shaking markets.
Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed as Israeli forces have intensified their search-and-arrest raids across the territory, saying they are trying to stem deadly Palestinian attacks on Israelis in the West Bank and Israel.
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