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Antonyms for intensification

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-ten-suh-fahy
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛn səˌfaɪ


Definition of intensification

Origin :
  • 1847, noun of action from intensify.
  • As in increase : noun addition, growth
  • As in inflation : noun increase, swelling
  • As in augmentation : noun making greater; improving
  • As in rise : noun increase, improvement
  • As in surge : noun rush, usually of liquid
  • As in enhancement : noun augmentation
  • As in accumulation : noun gathering or amassing
  • As in climax : noun peak, culmination
  • As in concentration : noun consolidation of effort
  • As in crescendo : noun increase to climax
  • As in aggravation : noun worsening of a situation,
  • As in amplification : noun increase in size or effect
Example sentences :
  • An intensification of the vague footsteps I had thought I heard before.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • The blue may carry a factor which brings about intensification of the brown pigment.
  • Extract from : « Mendelism » by Reginald Crundall Punnett
  • All history teaches by example, and the Scriptural narrative is the intensification of history.
  • Extract from : « Sermons » by J. B. Lightfoot
  • It seemed to me an intensification of the snob instinct in the soul of man.
  • Extract from : « Now It Can Be Told » by Philip Gibbs
  • The second year is but an intensification of the process apparent in the first.
  • Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Hilaire Belloc
  • The last few years have seen an intensification of localism.
  • Extract from : « Our Lady Saint Mary » by J. G. H. Barry
  • The crisis developed an intensification of the distrust of the bourgeoisie by the proletariat.
  • Extract from : « Bolshevism » by John Spargo
  • If they receive support and intensification they regain complete clearness.
  • Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
  • It is a constant factor of language, but its usual function is special emphasis or intensification.
  • Extract from : « The Principles of English Versification » by Paull Franklin Baum
  • These green-tea dreams and visions were not so much phases of sleep as an intensification and vivid furnishing forth of insomnia.
  • Extract from : « Soul of a Bishop » by H. G. Wells

Synonyms for intensification

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