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Synonyms for intensify
ɪnˈtɛn səˌfaɪin·ten·si·fy
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, deepenintensify, 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, deepenintensify, deepenverb
become more intense
"The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
Synonyms:
deepen, change, compound, escalate, step up, heightenintensifyverb
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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Dictionary of English Synonymes
intensifyverb
Synonyms:
strengthen, make intense, make more intense
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
intensifyverb
Synonyms:
aggravate, exacerbate, heighten
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "intensify":
intensifying, redouble, strengthen, intensifies, intensification, intensified, enhance, deepen, increase, reinforce, strengthening, escalate, strengthened, accelerate
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#347 | change | |
#985 | increase | |
#2703 | rise | |
#3400 | enhance | |
#3551 | raise | |
#5038 | combine | |
#6470 | compound | |
#7738 | strengthen | |
#9971 | strengthening | |
#13324 | accelerate | |
#15549 | strengthened | |
#15731 | reinforce | |
#26007 | augment | |
#27728 | intensified | |
#29346 | deepen | |
#29947 | magnify | |
#30449 | sharpen | |
#31764 | intensify | |
#37645 | escalate | |
#44773 | intensification | |
#46711 | intensifying | |
#46777 | heighten | |
#55038 | aggravate | |
#55071 | intensifies | |
#102364 | redouble |
How to use intensify in a sentence?
All measures seeking to increase military capacities will only intensify antagonism and will not help to solve the problem.
The battle is only going to intensify with the return of Iranian barrels from the second half of 2016.
Mr Ostby further appeals to all sides to intensify efforts to find a peaceful solution to the situation and to ensure humanitarian access to all people affected by the violence.
The system will intensify as it tracks off the Eastern Seaboard and has the potential to bring another round of significant snow across the mid-Atlantic and parts of the Northeast, there is currently a lot of uncertainty in where/who will get the most snow and whether the major metro areas in the Northeast get hit.
In the very short term, it looks as if the impact of heightened geopolitical worries was limited to oil markets. But that is not the end of the story, u.S. sanctions could affect various industries. And tensions between Iran and Israel look set to intensify. Those will begin to cap share prices.
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