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[in-ten-suh-fahy]

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verb (used with object)

to make intense or more intense.

to make more acute; strengthen or sharpen.

Photography. to increase the density and contrast of (a negative) chemically.

verb (used without object)

to become intense or more intense.

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Origin:
1810–20; intense + -ify

Related forms

in·ten·si·fi·ca·tion, noun

de-in·ten·si·fy, verb, -fied, -fy·ing.

o·ver·in·ten·si·fi·ca·tion, noun

o·ver·in·ten·si·fy, verb, -fied, -fy·ing.

self-in·ten·si·fied, adjective

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self-in·ten·si·fy·ing, adjective

un·in·ten·si·fied, adjective

COLLAPSE

Can be confused: 1. aggravate, annoy, intensify, irritate, worsen (see usage note at aggravate; see synonym note at irritate); 2. aggravation, annoyance, intensification, irritation, worsening.

Synonyms
1, 2. deepen, quicken, concentrate. See aggravate.

Antonyms
1. alleviate, weaken.

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Example Sentences

Doctors advise against warm treatments, which can intensify itching.

Threats against climate scientists appear to intensify if they speak up in the nation's policy debate.

The probability is that political nerves will both intensify the economic slowdown at home and worsen pressure on the rand.

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Doctors advise against warm treatments, which can intensify itching.

Threats against climate scientists appear to intensify if they speak up in the nation's policy debate.

The probability is that political nerves will both intensify the economic slowdown at home and worsen pressure on the rand.

The light cast around him seemed to intensify his labor of love.

Stix concluded that few problems had emerged so far but that conflicts could intensify as more discoveries were put to work.

Natural though the fires may be, humans intensify the scale.

The spring drought forecast says the dry conditions are going to persist and, in some areas, intensify.

All of those changes intensify the difficulty of moving from one role to the other.

All it needs to do, officials say, is extend and intensify existing security measures.

No matter how hard the wind blew, it stirred up more hurricane fuel, causing the storm to intensify.

When the star is inhomogeneous, its gravity might never intensify enough to bend light rays back on themselves.

As the online resources grow more common, this conflict will intensify.

The new proposals would seem to intensify that earlier set of rules.

California has great problems, many of which are likely to intensify over the next year or so.

The high seasonal humidity in many of the region's cities would act to trap fallout and intensify its effects.

Stimulant use can cause temporary thought disorder or intensify an underlying thought disorder or hypomanic state.

Even if your opponent seems to want to intensify the dispute, try indifference and nonresponsiveness.

The job of the core is to intensify the magnetic field generated when a current flows through the coil.

The group predicts that with the human population continuing to soar, further development will intensify environmental damage.

Recent scrutiny will probably intensify discussions between colleges and employers.

If one of them detects something amiss, local vulcanologists can then intensify their local monitoring efforts.

Given the stakes, the arguments are certain to intensify.

Attempts to restrain the surveillance society through new laws will intensify.

Those frictions will almost certainly intensify over the coming year.

Fighting may intensify until the land becomes greener again.

The findings are certain to displease many patients and to intensify a fierce debate about what causes the illness.

The scientific consensus expects global warming to intensify storms, floods, heat waves and drought.

Cloning will only intensify the process of industrialization of humanity.

These status reports can really intensify your nerves but there's no reading into them until a final decision actually comes.

To further intensify the color, layer eye shadow on top of the pigment.

Hodgson says a number of these toxins appear to be designed to cause or intensify feelings of pain.

Adding an element of dimension to both could perhaps intensify the film's destabilizing dream logic.

Unhappily, this hiatus ends abruptly and her misfortunes intensify.

Now new construction could intensify the fragmentation threatening the forests.

The officials say the move will intensify an already critical manpower shortage in some of the state's larger cities.

The pressure to diversify all programs across the board will intensify on college campuses.

The nitric oxide caused normal shuttle glow to intensify markedly, while the other gases had no effect, the researchers said.

Viewing the objets d'art in this undistracted subterranean setting seems to intensify their aspect.

The masks intensify the intrinsic power of the stories, which she narrates to audiences.

They are not getting on well, they do not care who wins, and even the war fails to intensify anything about their lives.

So climate change helped to intensify agriculture, and thus start civilisation.

Climate change seems likely to shorten the rainy seasons and intensify variability, making storage even more important.

Once a city develops all its green fields, it becomes impossible to intensify and it starts to decay.

With less money to spread among friends, the fight between clans will intensify.

And despite the joyous sounds from the east, fear runs high that the bloodshed is about to intensify.

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intensify (ɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪ)

—vb , -fies, -fying, -fied
1.	to make or become intense or more intense
2.	(tr) to increase the density of (a photographic film or plate)

intensifi'cation

—n

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