verb
ADVERB
▪ greatly
▪ dramatically , rapidly , sharply
▪
The fighting in the area has intensified sharply.
▪ gradually
▪ further
VERB + INTENSIFY
▪ seem to
▪
The extreme cold seemed, if anything, to ~.
▪ tend to
▪ be likely to
▪ serve to
▪
The reforms served only to ~ the misery of the poorer peasants.
Intensify is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ competition , ↑ conflict , ↑ fighting , ↑ pain , ↑ pressure , ↑ struggle , ↑ violence
Intensify is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ campaign , ↑ competition , ↑ effort , ↑ pressure , ↑ speculation