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intensified

intensified is the simple past and past participle of intensify.

Meaning of intensify

Verb

intensify (third-person singular simple present intensifies, present participle intensifying, simple past and past participle intensified)

  1. (transitive) To render more intense.
    • to intensify the heat or cold
  2. (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
    • 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...2012 January, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2012, page 70
    Synonyms:
    add, intensen, exalt

Words formed from intensified

Questions about intensified

What is intensified the simple past and past participle of?
Intensified is the simple past and past participle of intensify.

Words near intensified in the dictionary

  1. intensens
  2. intenser
  3. intensest
  4. intensification
  5. intensifications
  6. intensified
  7. intensifier
  8. intensifiers
  9. intensifies
  10. intensify
  11. intensifying

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