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How to pronounce intensify in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms deepen
Type of increase
Has types speed up, flare up, break open, build, sharpen, burst out, irrupt, redouble, quicken, speed, condense, erupt, accelerate, flare
Derivation intensification, intensity
Type Words
Synonyms compound, deepen, heighten
Type of increase
Has types heighten, amplify, enhance, fan, heat up, hot up, raise, screw up, sharpen
Derivation intensification, intensifier, intensity
Type Words
Synonyms escalate, step up
Type of increase
Has types redouble
Derivation intensification, intensity
Type Words
Type of modify, alter, change
Derivation intensification, intensity

Examples of intensify

intensify
As the user's feelings intensify, the bowl glows yellow, orange and finally red.
From the usatoday.com
This frenzy will intensify as the administration's decisions deepen the debacle.
From the washingtonpost.com
The president's fundraising schedule is likely to intensify even more next year.
From the thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com
It was able to intensify after the trough receded northward, developing outflow.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Its eye became better defined, and the cyclone continued to gradually intensify.
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Problems at home will continue to intensify unless you make some major changes.
From the kentucky.com
The President rushed to Bali, vowing to intensify his campaign against extremism.
From the businessweek.com
For potential pros, UNC now wants to intensify that education from the beginning.
From the charlotteobserver.com
After the physical beatings intensify, the risk of regression becomes enormous.
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More examples
  • Escalate: increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
  • 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"
  • Make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
  • (intensifying) increasing in strength or intensity
  • (intensification) action that makes something stronger or more extreme
  • (intensification) the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film)
  • Intensified is an album by Desmond Dekker & the Aces released in 1970.
  • (intensifying) the relationship stage during which persons become good friends.
  • (Intensification) (agricultural): Process by which additional labor, capital or other inputs are used to increase agricultural production on a given unit of land.