intensifications
Acts of amplifying
Intensifications are acts or processes of making something stronger, more extreme, or more concentrated.
The word appears in contexts where gradual increase matters: intensifications of the conflict, intensifications of color in the painting.
Each intensification represents a step up in degree or force.
Increase in intensity
- augmentationAct of adding more
- boostUpward push or increase
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- heighteningIncreasing in degree
expansion · swell · increase · multiplication · redoubling · reinforcement · deepening · broadening
Increase in quality
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- improvementPositive change in quality
- refinementElegance of manner
- advancementForward movement or promotion
enrichment · optimization · elevation · fortification · betterment · development · cultivation · embellishment
Increasing power or solidity
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- hardeningBecoming less soft
- solidificationTransition to firm state
empowerment · invigoration · bolstering · buttressing · cementing · stiffening · bracing · toughening
Progressive increase in intensity
- spikeSharp rise or point
- upsurgeRapid marked increase
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- climbAscend using effort
rise · snowballing · ballooning · exacerbation · aggravation · worsening · compounding · acceleration
Degree of visual enlargement
- zoomRapid movement or magnification
- enlargementIncrease in size
- close-upNear-range photograph
- blowupSudden fit of rage
resolution · high-definition · macro · detail · focus · optics · lens · microscopy
amplification
Increase in intensity
- augmentationAct of adding more
- boostUpward push or increase
- surgeSudden powerful increase
heightening · expansion · swell · increase · multiplication · redoubling · reinforcement · deepening · broadening · widening
enhancement
Increase in quality
- upgradeRaise to higher standard
- improvementPositive change in quality
- refinementElegance of manner
advancement · enrichment · optimization · elevation · fortification · betterment · development · cultivation · embellishment · elaboration
strengthening
Increasing power or solidity
- reinforcementAdding support or encouragement
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- hardeningBecoming less soft
solidification · empowerment · invigoration · bolstering · buttressing · cementing · stiffening · bracing · toughening · steeling
escalation
Progressive increase in intensity
climb · rise · snowballing · ballooning · exacerbation · aggravation · worsening · compounding · acceleration · spiraling
magnification
Degree of visual enlargement
- zoomRapid movement or magnification
- enlargementIncrease in size
- close-upNear-range photograph
blowup · resolution · high-definition · macro · detail · focus · optics · lens · microscopy · telescopic
intensificationsweakenings
Acts of reducing strength
reductions · diminishments · decreases · diminutions · lessenings
intensificationsde-escalations
Acts of reducing conflict
stand-downs · withdrawals · retreats · drawdowns · climbdowns
intensificationsdilutions
Weakened liquid mixtures
dispersions · diffusions · dissipations · thinnings · scatterings