intensified

Verb

• increase in extent or intensity
• make more intense, stronger, or more marked; ,
  • "The efforts were intensified"
  • "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"
• become more intense
  • "The debate intensified"
• make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
• simple past and past participle of intensify

Adjective Satellite

• made more intense
  • "the intensified scrutiny of the candidate's background"

Synonyms

compound, deepen, escalate, heighten, intensify, step up

Antonyms

de-escalate