Synonyms for intensify
ɪnˈtɛn səˌfaɪin·ten·si·fy

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1. intensify

   Synonyms:
   aggravate, augment, embitter, enhance, heighten, increase, magnify, make worse

   Antonyms:
   abate, alleviate, assuage, lessen, lighten, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relieve, remove, soften

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1. escalate, intensify, step upverb

   increase in extent or intensity

   "The Allies escalated the bombing"

   Synonyms:
   come forward, rev up, escalate, compound, step to the fore, come to the fore, step forward, heighten, come out, step up, deepen

2. intensify, compound, heighten, deepenverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   change, sharpen, enhance, escalate, compound, rise, step up, heighten, raise, combine, deepen

3. intensify, deepenverb

   become more intense

   "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"

   Synonyms:
   deepen, change, compound, escalate, step up, heighten

4. intensifyverb

   make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

   Synonyms:
   deepen, compound, escalate, step up, heighten

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1. intensifyverb

   Synonyms:
   strengthen, make intense, make more intense

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1. intensifyverb

   Synonyms:
   aggravate, exacerbate, heighten

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1. List of paraphrases for "intensify":

   intensifying, redouble, strengthen, intensifies, intensification, intensified, enhance, deepen, increase, reinforce, strengthening, escalate, strengthened, accelerate

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1. Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu:

   We have long continued air operations in that region with the United States ... We have certain plans to terminate the Daesh presence on our border. Once these plans are finalised, our operations will intensify. You will see this in the coming days.

2. Miguel Arias Canete:

   We have sent a message to our Iranian friends that as long as they are sticking to the agreement the Europeans will... fulfill their commitment. And they said the same thing on the other side, we will try to intensify our flows of trade that have been very positive for the Iranian economy.

3. Bob Rubino:

   Buyers have decided: I'm in or I'm out, i think that will intensify and accelerate M&A discussions in 2015.

4. Pieter Omtzigt:

   For us, we need to have a clear view that there's a British government in place with support of a majority that knows what kind of Brexit they want, as we do not see that clearly, we have asked the government to intensify contingency planning.

5. Cui Tiankai:

   It will certainly undermine and weaken the motivation of states to engage in negotiations and consultations for solving their disputes, it will certainly intensify conflict and even confrontation.