intensify#1 (v)
compound#1 (v)
heighten#4 (v)
deepen#1 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def make more intense, stronger, or more marked
examples The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
This event only deepened my convictions
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 11 Something ----s something
Outgoing links
Cause intensify, deepen
Hypernym increase
Derivationally related form intensify → intensity; intensify → intensification; intensify → intensifier
Hyponym heat up, hot up, screw up; fan; enhance, heighten, raise; amplify; sharpen; sharpen, heighten
Incoming links
Derivationally related form intensification → intensify; intensity → intensify; intensifier → intensify
Hyponym increase
Hypernym heat up, hot up, screw up; fan; enhance, heighten, raise; amplify; sharpen; sharpen, heighten

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