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Definitions for intensify
ɪnˈtɛn səˌfaɪin·ten·si·fy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. escalate, intensify, step upverb

    increase in extent or intensity

    "The Allies escalated the bombing"

  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"

  3. intensify, deepenverb

    become more intense

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

  4. intensifyverb

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

Wiktionary

  1. intensifyverb

    To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.

  2. intensifyverb

    To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.

Wikipedia

  1. Intensify

    Intensify is the second studio album by English electronic music duo Way Out West, released on 20 August 2001 by Distinct'ive Records. The album was marked by a move from the defunct Deconstruction Records label to Distinctive, and a change in their sound, from club instrumentals and sampled vocals to a mixture of club tracks and original songs.

ChatGPT

  1. intensify

    To increase in degree, power, severity or strength; to make more intense. It can also refer to the act of making something more concentrated or focused.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Intensifyverb

    to render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity

  2. Intensifyverb

    to become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy

  3. Etymology: [Intense + -fly.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of intensify in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of intensify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of intensify in a Sentence

  1. United Nations:

    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.

  2. President Xi Jinping:

    Our tough stance on corruption is here to stay; our tolerance for corruption is zero, and anyone guilty of corruption will be dealt with seriously. We will see to it that every instance of corruption, should it be committed higher up or lower down, is severely punished, we will intensify government supervision, make full use of auditing oversight, and strictly monitor public funds, public resources and state-owned assets.

  3. Ambassador John Bass:

    There is conversation with the Turkish military and government to talk about opportunities to intensify support to those groups and to push Daesh east from the current line.

  4. Muhammadu Buhari:

    The new administration will intensify its efforts in security, restructuring the economy and fighting corruption.

  5. Kristina Dahl:

    Hurricanes get their strength from the waters that they're passing over, from all of the heat and the energy in the water, and the warmer that water is that they're passing over, the more fuel they have to strengthen. So that's why Concerned Scientists see hurricanes intensify when they go over stretches of anomalously warm water like Concerned Scientists had in the Gulf of Mexico just before the storm hit.

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