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Definition of intensify verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

intensify

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɪnˈtɛnsəˌfaɪ//
 
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they intensify
 
he / she / it intensifies
 
past simple intensified
 
-ing form intensifying
 
 
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to increase in degree or strength; to make something increase in degree or strength synonym heighten Violence intensified during the night. intensify something The opposition leader has intensified his attacks on the government.
 intensification
 
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NAmE//ɪnˌtɛnsəfəˈkeɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable, singular]See intensify in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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