INTENSIFIED Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in enhanced

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verb

past tense of intensify

as in deepened

to make markedly greater in measure or degree intensified her efforts to preserve the town's historic buildings and landmarks

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The news comes amid a spike in investor interest in clinical skin care; a rise in the number of aesthetic procedures; and an intensified focus on wellness following the pandemic. — Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 From territorial defense to corridor security The Mecca agreement emerged as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states faced intensified missile and drone threats linked to the Iran conflict and Houthi attacks emanating from Yemen. — John Calabrese, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026 Agents shot and killed two people in July during a period of intensified immigration sweeps — individuals the agency later said had not been targets of its operations. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 The quarterly earnings for Google’s parent company beat analysts’ expectations on Wednesday, though the results could lead to intensified scrutiny over tech firms’ high AI spending. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 22 July 2026 Under an intensified immigration crackdown, dozens of community members have been deported over the last 18 months. — Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026 The news came just as a court hearing was being held for another Kremlin critic and opposition politician, Boris Nadezhdin, in a sign of an intensified response to mounting internal dissent over the war in Ukraine and its impact on Russian life. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 17 July 2026 The intensified scrutiny comes after a string of charter operators have struggled financially over the past two years. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 During this period, Muslims around the world engage in intensified devotion by fasting, increasing their voluntary prayers, and reading the Quran. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 May 2026

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The whispers about their similarities intensified on the announcement of the engagement of Crown Prince Hussein, son of King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, to Rajwa in August 2022. — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Oct. 2026 The deaths came as Indonesia intensified efforts to combat forest and land fires that have worsened this year as El Niño intensifies a prolonged dry season. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 In the last quarter-century, relentless drought intensified by climate change has sapped the river’s flow and left its reservoirs severely depleted. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 But our survey respondents’ subsequent shift toward national identity, coupled with a further decline in mosque attendance, suggest that Erdogan’s turn toward authoritarianism may have intensified an ongoing trend toward liberalization. — Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026 The selling in recent days, however, has intensified on worries about the AI trade, making the likes of Micron among our biggest losers week-to-date and defensives such as Cardinal Health among our biggest weekly winners. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The civil war in Yemen erupted once again this summer and significantly intensified last month, breaking years of relative calm. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 The death of an 87-year-old woman who was evicted from her longtime home has intensified a political crisis in Spain, where nationwide protests over soaring housing costs have helped force an early election. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Dead lodgepole pines intensified the two largest wildfires in state history in 2020. — Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensified

Adjective

Meanwhile, Calik’s True Fit concept explores durability through structural memory and enhanced recovery.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
At the Busia border crossing with Uganda, The Associated Press witnessed enhanced screening procedures, with members of the public washing their hands and having their temperatures checked.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of enhanced

Verb

People reported that tensions between the brothers deepened after Harry and Meghan stepped back from royal duties in 2020.

— Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Abiy’s persistent calls for sovereign access to Eritrea’s Red Sea port of Assab have alarmed Eritrea and deepened the rift.

— KHALED KAZZIHA, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of deepened

Adjective

Lunar eclipses are also completely safe to view with the naked eye, or even through a pair of binoculars of a telescope, which will offer a magnified view of the moon as Earth's shadow sweeps across its cratered landscape.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
If that foreground star hosts a planet, the planet leaves ripples in the magnified light.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 6 July 2026

Definition of magnified

Verb

Russia also faces growing costs at home from Ukraine’s long-range strikes, which have disrupted energy and commercial infrastructure and heightened public anxiety over a prolonged war.

— Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026
Attacks in the Black Sea have also heightened fears about global food security, as Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exports of grain.

— Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of heightened

Adjective

Thompson is being held in Escambia County awaiting extradition to Georgia on charges of felony murder and aggravated assault.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The court accepted his plea and found Williams guilty of two counts of aggravated endangering a child, according to a news release from the office of the Leavenworth County Attorney.

— Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of aggravated

Verb

Her creative expression extended beyond the runway into cultural moments that further strengthened the brand’s presence in fashion.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Erdogan’s attempt to foster an Ottoman-style pan-Islamism appears to have accelerated liberalization rather than strengthened religious conformity.

— Mansoor Moaddel, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of strengthened

Adjective

Political power, economic opportunity, cultural prestige, and elite education remain extraordinarily concentrated in the capital.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
That’s because heavy mineral sands, which may contain roughly 2 percent or 3 percent monazite by weight, are not subject to the same import controls as concentrated monazite ore.

— Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of concentrated

Adjective

George Bonanno, a psychologist at Columbia University, explains that many people who have intense symptoms initially—such as nightmares and flashbacks—won’t develop PTSD.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Still, the competition among jewelers is becoming more intense, not only for sports team’s commissions but also to design ever flashier pieces with intricate details.

— Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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