Verb: intensify in'ten-su,fI
- Make more intense, stronger, or more marked
"The efforts were intensified"; "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her";
- compound, heighten, deepen
- Become more intense
"The debate intensified";
- deepen
- Increase in extent or intensity
"The Allies intensified the bombing";
- escalate, step up
- (photography) make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
"The photographer intensified the shadows in the image"
Derived forms: intensifying, intensifies, intensified
Type of: alter, change, increase, modify
Encyclopedia: Intensify