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intensify

[ in-ten-suh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

intensified, intensifying.
  1. to make intense or more intense.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms: ,

  2. to make more acute; strengthen or sharpen.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. Photography. to increase the density and contrast of (a negative) chemically.


verb (used without object)

intensified, intensifying.
  1. to become intense or more intense.

intensify

/ ɪˈɛԲɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. to make or become intense or more intense
  2. tr to increase the density of (a photographic film or plate)
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٱԲھˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·ٱȴ·ھ·tDz noun
  • -·ٱs·ڲ verb deintensified deintensifying
  • over··ٱȴ·ھ·tDz noun
  • v··ٱs·ڲ verb overintensified overintensifying
  • -·ٱs·ھ adjective
  • -·ٱs·ڲiԲ adjective
  • ܲi·ٱs·ھ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of intensify1

First recorded in 1810–20; intense + -ify
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Nearly five months into the ceasefire, the return of Israeli air strikes to Beirut has intensified fears of a return to all-out war.

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Warnings of a global recession have been intensifying as the trade war heats up.

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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.

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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.

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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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