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  • adjective made more severe or intense, especially in law.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of intensify.

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  • adjective made more intense

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Examples

  • How much this added to the growing tension between Marx and Hess is not clear, but as the search for a definition intensified, Hess was being driven further and further away from Marx by Engels.

    Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009

  • Shmivil, yada yada yada! you are increasing troops!! and engaging in intensified war!! keep the talk about civil issues for later when you are more civilized!

    Clinton: 'Civilian efforts as vital as military operations' 2009

  • SHM Works undertaken to fortify the city were intensified from the 18th century onwards, although difficulties were encountered in the transportation of materials and labour in this respect.

    The Pacific route to the Orient 2008

  • SHM Works undertaken to fortify the city were intensified from the 18th century onwards, although difficulties were encountered in the transportation of materials and labour in this respect.

    The Pacific route to the Orient 2008

  • As the rain intensified, the Sooners continued to pour it on, with Quentin Griffin and Kejuan Jones each rushing for a pair of

    NCAA Division I College Football - Iowa State vs. Oklahoma 2002

  • As the rain intensified, the Sooners continued to pour it on, with Quentin Griffin and Kejuan Jones each rushing for a pair of

    NCAA Division I College Football - Iowa State vs. Oklahoma 2002

  • "It is our _last_, Jessie," she said, and as she said it the expression intensified, yet it seemed a little forced.

    The Young Trawler 1859

  • The call intensified efforts to squeeze Gbagbo, who faces growing isolation amid pressure to step down from major international powers including the UN Security Council, the African

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • The call intensified efforts to squeeze Gbagbo, who faces growing isolation amid pressure to step down from major international powers including the UN Security Council, the African

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • The call intensified efforts to squeeze Gbagbo, who faces growing isolation amid pressure to step down from major international powers including the UN Security Council, the African

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

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