intensify verb
ADV. greatly | sharply The fighting in the area has intensified sharply. | further
VERB + INTENSIFY appear to, seem to The extreme cold seemed, if anything, to intensify. | tend to | be likely to | serve to The reforms served only to intensify the misery of the poorer peasants.
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