Definition of intensifies Intensifies
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What does intensifies mean?
Part of speech
🔤- intensifies, verb, present, 3rd person singular of intensify (infinitive).
WordNet
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| intensify - 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" | ||
| compound, heighten, deepen | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| heat up, hot up, screw up make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up" | ||
| fan make (an emotion) fiercer; "fan hatred" | ||
| enhance, heighten, raise increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" | ||
| amplify increase the volume of; "amplify sound" | ||
| sharpen become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened" | ||
| heighten, sharpen make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest" | ||
| intensify - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan" | ||
| deepen | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| build develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera" | ||
| redouble make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled" | ||
| flare up, break open, burst out, irrupt, flare, erupt ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again" | ||
| condense undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature" | ||
| sharpen become sharp or sharper; "The debate sharpened" | ||
| accelerate, speed up, quicken, speed move faster; "The car accelerated" | ||
| intensify - make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| photography the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies | ||
| intensify - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing" | ||
| escalate, step up | ||
| de-escalate, step down, weaken reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-escalate a crisis" | ||
| increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" | ||
| redouble make twice as great or intense; "The screaming redoubled" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- intensify (v. t.)
To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity. - intensify (v. i.)
To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
Part of speech
🔤- intensify, verb, present, 1st person singular of intensify (infinitive).
- intensify, verb (infinitive).
