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• v  increase in extent or intensity
• v  make more intense, stronger, or more marked
• v  become more intense
• v  make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

• Models will improve, and over time, we should have a better idea of just how much warming might intensify storms, and how that process works.
• On the other, conservative groups say the so-called plight of the polar bear is a gambit to intensify climate change hysteria.
• Models will improve, and over time, we should have a better idea of just how much warming might intensify storms, and how that process works.

• escalate
• step up
• compound
• heighten
• deepen

• de-escalate

News & Articles

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• U.S. Manufacturers Face More Severe Problems In Finding Qualified Production Workers, a New Study Finds
  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. manufacturers currently face a complex set of issues in finding qualified production and operations workers, leading to tens of thousands of unfilled positions throughout the industry. This is expected to intensify in the years...
  June 17, 2013 - PR Newswire
• Mayhem in Istanbul hotel as protesters seek refuge
  Clashes between Turkish anti-government protesters and police intensify, as thousands take part in pro-government counter-protest
  June 16, 2013 - CBS News
• BOND REPORT: Treasurys Intensify Rally On Low-rate View
  BOND REPORT: Treasurys Intensify Rally On Low-rate View
  June 13, 2013 - Nasdaq

Quotes

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• Hu Jintao in San Jose Mercury News
  Although we in the United States are taking many extraordinary measures to ease the crisis, we are not pursuing policies that would limit the flow of goods, services or capital, as such measures would only intensify the risks of a prolonged... Henry Paulson http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paulson&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFunf9jqAG4PIOWvnV9rZ6KE6zAlQ FOXNews http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Oct12/0,4670,FinancialMeltdown,00.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGncV66xOgUqvLTABmPqZ3XpeLrgg Oct 12, 2008 52690 69838 intensify The White House says Obama and Hu agreed to intensify coordination and cooperation on global economic and financial issues."
• Mahmoud Abbas in Palestine Media Center
  Halting contacts with Israel is useless,Abbas said. "On the contrary, we should intensify our contacts and our meetings to stop the suffering of our people."