heighten
Verb
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Become more extreme (synset 200433389)
"The tension heightened"is a type of: increase - make bigger or moresame as: rise
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Make more extreme;
Raise in quantity, degree, or intensity (synset 200433234)"heightened interest"is a type of: increase - make bigger or more -
Increase (synset 200230031)
"This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"subtypes: potentiate - increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon)
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Increase the height of (synset 201979767)
"The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
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Make (one's senses) more acute (synset 200393290)
"This drug will sharpen your vision"same as: sharpen
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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"is a type of: increase - become bigger or greater in amountsubtypes:
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