Intensify
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

WAX
Increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"

4 letters

BOOM
Make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall"

WHET
Make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"

STEP
Any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime"

SOUR
Having a sharp biting taste

RISE
Rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"

PUMP
A mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction

HEAT
Utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"

GROW
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow wheat here"; "We raise hogs here"

GOUP
Go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"

GAIN
Increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

FIRE
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"

HONE
A whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

5 letters

REVUP
Increase the number of rotations per minute; "rev up an engine"

TREEM

AMPUP

WIDEN
Become broader or wider or more extensive; "The road widened"

SWELL
A crescendo followed by a decrescendo

RUNUP
Raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"

ROUSE
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

RIPEN
Grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"

MOUNT
The act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top"

KEYUP

HOTUP
Make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"

HOPUP
Make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"

FOCUS
Maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; "in focus"; "out of focus"

EXALT
Fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

BUILD
Constitution of the human body

BREED
A special type; "Google represents a new breed of entrepreneurs"

ADORN
Be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"

ANNOY
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

BLOAT
Become bloated or swollen or puff up; "The dead man's stomach was bloated"

6 letters

WORSEN
Grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

TRIPLE
A base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base

STRESS
The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

SPREAD
Move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

STEPUP
Make oneself visible; take action; "Young people should step to the fore and help their peers"

HEATUP
Make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"

RAMIFY
Have or develop complicating consequences; "These actions will ramify"

SOUPUP
Make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"

PRAISE
Offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a hymn of praise to God"

JAZZUP
Make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper"

HARDEN
Cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"

GATHER
Collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

EXALTS

DOUBLE
A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"

BLOWUP
A photographic print that has been enlarged

BEEFUP
Make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

ACCRUE
Grow by addition; "The interest accrues"

ACCENT
A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

RAMPUP
Bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"

DEEPEN
Become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"

7 letters

ESCALTE

ENHANCE
Increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"

RAMPIFY

SHOOTUP
Rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight"

SHARPEN
Make crisp or more crisp and precise; "We had to sharpen our arguments"

QUICKEN
Show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"

PROVOKE
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

MAGNIFY
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

INFLAME
Cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"

ENLARGE
Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation"

DEVELOP
Change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"

BUILDUP
Change the use of and make available or usable; "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"

BROADEN
Become broader; "The road broadened"

BALLOON
Large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air

AUGMENT
Enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

AMPLIFY
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

ADVANCE
The act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

8 letters

SNOWBALL
Snow pressed into a ball for throwing (playfully)

MULTIPLY
Combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"

IRRITATE
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

INCREASE
The act of increasing something; "he gave me an increase in salary"

GETAHEAD
Obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

EMBITTER
Cause to be bitter or resentful; "These injustices embittered her even more"

REDOUBLE
Double again; "The noise doubled and redoubled"

HEIGHTEN
Increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"

ESCALATE
Increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

COMPOUND
An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)

CRECENDO

HEIGHTEN

9 letters

CRESCENDO
(music) a gradual increase in loudness

EMPHASIZE
To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

AGGRAVATE
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

REINFORCE
Make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"

MAKEWORSE

MAKEACUTE

INTENSIFY
Increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

10 letters

STRENGTHEN
Gain strength; "His body strengthened"

COMPLICATE
Make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"

EXASPERATE
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

EXAGGERATE
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

EXACERBATE
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

APPRECIATE
Increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark"

AGGRANDIZE
Add details to

ACCUMULATE
Get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

ACCENTUATE
To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

ACCELERATE
Cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"

11 letters

PROLIFERATE
Grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

MAKECOMPLEX