Synonyms for intensifying
in·ten·si·fy·ing

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1. intensifyingadjective

   increasing in strength or intensity

   Antonyms:
   analgesic, lenitive, mitigatory, alleviative, tempering, weakening, anodyne, palliative, alleviatory, analgetic, moderating, mitigative

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1. List of paraphrases for "intensifying":

   intensify, intensification, intensified, strengthening, deepening, strengthen, escalation

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1. Kim Jung-woo:

   As there are fewer jobs, intensifying competition to secure those seems to be appearing in the college prep process, the widespread perception among Korean society that people can work only if they graduate university is the fundamental cause of this excessive education fever.

2. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   The President does expect that they can have an impact in intensifying our strategy for building the capacity of local forces inside of Syria for taking the fight on the ground to ISIL in their own country, that has been the core element of the military component of our strategy from the beginning: building the capacity of local forces on the ground.

3. Janet Yellen:

   At this point, we are not seeing Russia back off the horrific war they started, an unprovoked invasion of the Ukrainian homeland, in fact, the atrocities they are committing against civilians seem to be intensifying. So, it's certainly appropriate for us to be working with our allies to consider further sanctions.

4. Zhang Xiaoming:

   Violent activities are intensifying and the impact on society is spreading wider. It can be said that Hong Kong is now facing the most severe situation since its handover.

5. Dan Conston:

   The palpable energy we’ve seen all cycle behind the fight for a new majority is only intensifying in the final stretch.