in ‧ ten ‧ si ‧ fy AC /ɪnˈtensəfaɪ, ɪnˈtensɪfaɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle intensified , present participle intensifying , third person singular intensifies ) [intransitive and transitive]
to increase in degree or strength, or to make something do this:
In June the civil war intensified.
His mother’s death intensified his loneliness.
—intensification /ɪnˌtensəfəˈkeɪʃ ə n, ɪnˌtensɪfəˈkeɪʃ ə n/ noun [singular, uncountable] :
an intensification of fighting in the region