English to English
verb
- increase in extent or intensity
The Allies escalated the bombing.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- become more intense
The debate intensified.
His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
source: WordNet 3.0
- To render more intense; as, to intensify heat or cold; to intensify colors; to intensify a photographic negative; to intensify animosity.
source: Webster 1913
- To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
source: Webster 1913
