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[ UK /ɪntˌɛnsɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /ɪntˌɛnsɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- action that makes something stronger or more extreme
- the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film)
How To Use intensification In A Sentence
- The dissipating El Nino effect, along with the expected anomalously warm Atlantic Ocean sea surface temperatures, will lead to favorable conditions for hurricane formation and intensification. Weather Or Not, Make Money
- With very warm ocean waters and not much wind shear (winds that change speed and/or direction with height and can weaken storms) near Matthew, the only apparent hinderance to its intensification over the next day or two is its proximity to land. Tropical Storm Matthew may threaten U.S.
- This resistance tended to increase in the later decennia of the nineteenth century, due to the intensification of cultural differences known as the ‘pillarisation-process’.
- Incoming information suggests that economic growth is slowing," the FOMC said in its statement, reflecting the "intensification" of the housing slump and slower business and consumer spending. Yen Is Boosted by Risk Aversion
- He added that for Irish rail services to develop there must an intensification, not a downgrading of operations.
- When the ANC suspended the armed struggle to assist the negotiations process, the PAC announced an "intensification" of its armed struggle - after an effective hiatus of 30 years. ANC Today
- He channels this energy towards the intensification of a ubiquitous, paranoid, self-conscious awareness akin to being in a carnival funhouse surrounded by distorting mirrors.
- The financial crisis sweeping the globe is the inevitable result of the intensification of the fundamental contradictions of international financial monopoly capitalism.
- He was asked if the intensification was a consequence of global warming, and declined to comment. Australian floods: Why were we so surprised?
- Our National Executive Committee said this in the context of addressing what it identified as the central task of the NDR - the intensification of the struggle for the eradication of poverty. ANC Today