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heighten

v. make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest"

heighten

v. increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

sharpen, heighten

v. make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision"

heighten, rise

v. become more extreme; "The tension heightened"

enhance, heighten, raise

v. increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

intensify, compound, heighten, deepen

v. make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"

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worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate

v. make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

extend

v. open or straighten out; unbend; "Can we extend the legs of this dining table?"

burgeon

v. grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The burgeoning population"

rocket

v. propel with a rocket

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

magnify, amplify

v. increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

magnify, amplify

v. increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

intensify

v. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

complicate, perplex

v. make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

bring out, set off

v. direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"

strengthen, beef up, fortify

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

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decrease, lessen, minify

v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"

evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass

v. disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

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