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• n  a process of becoming deeper and more profound
• v  make more intense, stronger, or more marked
• v  become more intense
• v  make deeper
• v  become deeper in tone
• s  accumulating and becoming more intense
  the deepening gloom
  felt a deepening love

• Israelis too need to see that there is an alternative to the deepening dread of hate-filled Islamic extremists on their borders who are backed by an Iran intent on acquiring .
• Street protests have toppled four presidents in two weeks, but Argentina's 21st-century Great Depression is deepening.
• At a time of plunging stock markets, bank bailouts and deepening recession, the economic data released by the Chinese government on Thursday might be enough to make many drool.

• intensify
• compound
• heighten
• deepen
• change
• thickening

News & Articles

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• For Lebanon’s Sunnis, growing rage at Hezbollah over role in Syria
  The Shiite militia’s deepening role in the Syrian war is drawing a backlash from Lebanon’s Sunnis.
  June 12, 2013 - Washington Post
• Slowing Exports Threatens Emerging Asia's Boom
  A deepening slump in exports is sending tremors through Asia, threatening to undermine some recently booming emerging economies.
  June 12, 2013 - FOX Business
• Export slowdown threatens emerging Asia's credit-fuelled boom
  A deepening slump in exports is sending tremors through Asia, threatening to undermine some booming emerging economies that have surged ahead in recent years on a heady combination of easy credit, buoyant ...
  June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• President Bush in Washington Post
  Your words have been very strong about Pakistan's sovereign right and sovereign duty to protect your country, and the United States wants to help,Bush said before the meeting. "Pakistan is an ally, and I look forward to deepening our...
• Prince William in Cocorioko
  Poverty, mental illness, drug and alcohol dependency and family breakdown cause people to become and then stay homeless. I hope that by deepening my understanding of the issue, I can help do my bit to help the most vulnerable on our streets,...