Word Study
intensification
CIDE DICTIONARY
intensification, n.
The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
intensification
accelerando, acceleration, aggravation, amplification, annoyance, augmentation, beefing-up, blowing up, blowup, concentration, condensation, consolidation, contentiousness, deepening, deliberate aggravation, deterioration, embittering, embitterment, enhancement, enlargement, exacerbation, exaggeration, exasperation, explosion, heating-up, heightening, increase, information explosion, irritation, magnification, pickup, population explosion, provocation, redoubling, reinforcement, sharpening, souring, speedup, step-up, strengthening, tightening, worseningFor further exploring for "intensification" in Webster Dictionary Online