intensify
/ɪnˈtɛnsɪfaɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.16 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "to intensify the heat or cold"
- "to intensify colors"
- "to intensify a photographic negative"
- "to intensify animosity"
- "Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force."
- "Feminist critiques of continuity discourse have become increasingly audible within the mainstream Jewish world, intensifying last year after [Steven M.] Cohen himself was accused of serial sexual harassment."