heighten

Verb
  1. Become more extreme (synset 200433389)
    "The tension heightened"
  2. Make more extreme;
    Raise in quantity, degree, or intensity (synset 200433234)
    "heightened interest"
  3. Increase (synset 200230031)
    "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
  4. Increase the height of (synset 201979767)
    "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
  5. Make (one's senses) more acute (synset 200393290)
    "This drug will sharpen your vision"
  6. Make more intense, stronger, or more marked (synset 200227591)
    "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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