Vocabulary
Intensify
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
become or make more intense.
Urdu meaning
تیز کرنا، شدت اختیار کرنا، اضافہ کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The Iranians understand that the current blockage of Hormuz will have increasingly severe effects on the world economy and may intensify pressure on the Trump administration via the international community to exercise restraint.
Dawn Editorials —
The fog over peace talks
— 2026-04-22
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March, once transitional, is now beginning to resemble pre-summer.The effects are set to intensify.
Dawn Editorials —
Heat before summer
— 2026-04-07
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Trees and open spaces have yielded to concrete, while dense housing and traffic congestion intensify the urban heat-island effect.
Dawn Editorials —
Hotter urban future
— 2026-03-29
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The situation is going to intensify, and greed must not be allowed to call the shots.
Dawn Editorials —
Rising stakes
— 2026-03-26
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POST-9/11, violent non-state actors impact the world order and intensify debate on their future, which will be shaped by governance quality and geopolitical, technological, environmental and societal trends.
Dawn Editorials —
Future of VNSAs
— 2026-03-17
Synonyms
escalate, step up, boost, increase, raise, sharpen, strengthen, augment, add to
Curator example
“the dispute began to intensify”
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