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# intensified

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

«intensified» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Intensified means became stronger, bigger or more extreme: «The storm intensified overnight». [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «intensified» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/intensified/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«intensified» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/intensified.html) on Mova free.