intensified Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb increase in extent or intensity
   escalate; step up; intensify.
   
   • The Allies escalated the bombing
2. verb make more intense, stronger, or more marked
   heighten; intensify; deepen; compound.
   
   • The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
   • Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
   • This event only deepened my convictions
3. verb become more intense
   deepen; intensify.
   
   • The debate intensified
   • His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan
4. verb make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
   intensify.
   
5. adjective satellite made more intense
   
   • the intensified scrutiny of the candidate's background

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