What is the meaning of intensifying?

verb

  • Increase in extent or intensity.
    • usage: "The Allies escalated the bombing"
  • Make more intense, stronger, or more marked.
    • usage: "The efforts were intensified, "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
  • Become more intense.
    • usage: "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
  • Make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark.

adjective

  • Increasing in strength or intensity. .
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