intensification

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In characteristic Ionesco fashion, the work proceeds through intensification, a steady ratcheting up of the situation, rather than through traditional narrative development.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

For Ms. Müller and her ethnic-German family, 1945 did not mark the end of fear but the intensification of it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Each of these regions may experience similar intensification of acidification as CO2 levels continue to rise.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

It later turned out that Erin wasn't the only storm to undergo explosive intensification with both hurricanes Humberto and Melissa following suit to reach Category 5 status.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

I could pick him out, having learned to notice the subtle physical intensification, a kind of brightness, that signalizes the first phase of kemmer.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin