as in to deepen
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
intensified her efforts to preserve the town's historic buildings and landmarks
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Global cooling intensified over the last 5 million years.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024
Residents were also being evacuated from parts of a neighboring region in the latest sign that the Kremlin had failed to repel the threat of an intensifying offensive.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024
The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has decidedly gone in the latter direction, intensifying a campaign against political opposition after even friendly governments have raised concerns about Maduro’s phony claim of victory in the presidential election late last month.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
The Seed of the Sacred Fig follows Iman, a judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, who grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Aug. 2024
Residents were also being evacuated from parts of a neighboring region in the latest sign that the Kremlin had failed to repel the threat of an intensifying offensive.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024
The government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has decidedly gone in the latter direction, intensifying a campaign against political opposition after even friendly governments have raised concerns about Maduro’s phony claim of victory in the presidential election late last month.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2024
The Seed of the Sacred Fig follows Iman, a judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran, who grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
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“Intensify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensify. Accessed 25 Aug. 2024.
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