Overview of verb intensify

The verb intensify has 4 senses

• escalate, intensify, step up -- (increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing")


• intensify, compound, heighten, deepen -- (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")


• intensify, deepen -- (become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan")


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

Overview of adj intensified

The adj intensified has 1 sense

• intensified -- (made more intense; "the intensified scrutiny of the candidate's background")