Read the dictionary definition of intensify. All definitions for this word.
1. become more intense
1. The debate intensified
2. His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan
2. make more intense, stronger, or more marked
1. The efforts were intensified
2. Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her
3. Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
4. This event only deepened my convictions
3. increase in extent or intensity
1. The Allies escalated the bombing
4. make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark