"intensification" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-intensification.wav [US] Forms: intensifications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: intense + -ification. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|intense|ification}} intense + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} intensification (countable and uncountable, plural intensifications)
  1. The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: intensify Translations (act or process of intensifying): засилване (zasilvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), intensificació [feminine] (Catalan), tiivistäminen (Finnish), voimistaminen (Finnish), intensification [feminine] (French), Intensivierung [feminine] (German), Verstärkung [feminine] (German), εντατικοποίηση (entatikopoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), επίταση (epítasi) [feminine] (Greek), intensifikasi (Indonesian), pengintensifan (Indonesian), intensyfikacja [feminine] (Polish), усиле́ние (usilénije) [neuter] (Russian), интенсифика́ция (intɛnsifikácija) [feminine] (Russian), intensificación [feminine] (Spanish), інтенсифіка́ція (intensyfikácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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