- escalate, intensify, step up - increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
--1 is one way to increase
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun intensity2, noun intensification1
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- intensify, compound, heighten, deepen - make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
--2 is one way to increase
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun intensity2, noun intensification1, noun intensifier1
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- intensify, deepen - become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
--3 is one way to increase
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun intensity2, noun intensification1
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- intensify - make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
--4 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun intensity4, noun intensification2
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