Intensify meaning

What does “intensify” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“intensify” is a verb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: increase in extent or intensity.

intensify

increase in extent or intensity
“The Allies escalated the bombing”
Synonymsescalate step up
make more intense, stronger, or more marked
“The efforts were intensified”
“Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her”
Synonymscompound heighten deepen
become more intense
“The debate intensified”
“His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan”
Synonymsdeepen
make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University