| VERB | change | intensify, escalate, step up | increase in extent or intensity |
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| change | intensify, compound, heighten, deepen | make more intense, stronger, or more marked | |
| change | intensify, deepen | become more intense | |
| change | intensify | make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark |
| Sounds | ihnteh'nsahfay. | |
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| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | increase in extent or intensity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | escalate, step up | |
| Narrower | redouble | double in magnitude, extent, or intensity |
| Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
| Opposite | de-escalate, weaken, step down | Reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of |
| Spanish | escalar, intensificarse, intensificar | |
| Catalan | intensificar-se, intensificar | |
| Nouns | intensification | action / action that makes something stronger or more extreme / extreme |
| intensity | high level or degree | |
| Meaning | make more intense, stronger, or more marked. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | compound, heighten, deepen | |
| Cause to | intensify, deepen | Become more intense |
| Narrower | amplify | increase the volume of |
| enhance, heighten, raise | increase / increase | |
| fan | make (an emotion) fiercer | |
| heat up, hot up, screw up | make more intense | |
| sharpen | make crisp or more crisp and precise | |
| sharpen, heighten | make (one's senses) more acute | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Spanish | intensificar | |
| Catalan | intensificar | |
| Nouns | intensification | action / action that makes something stronger or more extreme / extreme |
| intensifier | a modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies | |
| intensity | high level or degree | |
| Meaning | Become more intense. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | deepen | |
| Caused by | intensify, compound, heighten, deepen | make more intense, stronger, or more marked |
| Narrower | accelerate, speed up, speed, quicken | Move faster |
| build | Develop and grow | |
| condense | Become more compact or concentrated | |
| erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare, break open, burst out | erupt or intensify suddenly | |
| redouble | make twice as great or intense | |
| sharpen | Become sharp / sharp / sharp / sharp / sharp / sharp or sharper / sharper / sharper / sharper | |
| Broader | increase | Become bigger or greater in amount |
| Spanish | intensificarse, intensificar | |
| Catalan | intensificar-se, intensificar | |
| Nouns | intensification | action / action that makes something stronger or more extreme / extreme |
| intensity | high level or degree | |
| Meaning | make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Category | photography | The occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | intensificar | |
| Nouns | intensification | the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film) |
| intensity | chromatic purity | |
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