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# intensified

«intensified» in Mova's school dictionary: **became stronger, bigger or more extreme: «The storm…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form of intensify (intensify, intensifies, intensified, intensifying); adjective (intensified)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Intensified means became stronger, bigger or more extreme: «The storm intensified overnight». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#m1)

2) Intensified means made stronger on purpose: «The police intensified their search». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In weather reports, geography lessons about storms, and news about searches, efforts or conflicts. Phrases: «the storm intensified», «intensified efforts», «the fighting intensified».

### examples

- The rain intensified and we ran inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#x1)
- The hurricane intensified over the warm sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#x2)
- The search for the missing dog intensified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#x3)
- The smell intensified as we got closer to the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#x4)
- The team intensified their training before the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#x5)
- As the music intensified, everyone started dancing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#x6)
- The heat intensified during the afternoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#x7)
- Worry intensified when the bus was late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#x8)

### note

Intensify changes y to i: intensifies, intensified. Similar to «increased» or «got stronger». In English grammar, an «intensifier» is a word like «very» or «really».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «intensified» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.