intensify
(verb)
verb
1. increase in extent or intensity
Similar word(s): escalate
Definition categories: change, increase
2. make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- The efforts were intensified
- Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
Similar word(s): compound, deepen, heighten
Definition categories: change, increase
3. become more intense
- The debate intensified
Similar word(s): deepen
Definition categories: change, increase
4. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark