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To increase the level, amount, or speed of something, especially in a planned or noticeable way; often used with "up".

To make a sense, feeling, emotion, or state such as attention, awareness, or appetite stronger or more precise.

To make a situation, problem, or feeling more intense, serious, or extreme, or to become so.

To make something stronger, more serious, or more extreme in degree, force, or feeling.

To make something greater in strength, intensity, importance, or likelihood.

To cause something to become greater in number, size, amount, or degree.

To cause something such as an emotion, conflict, or process to grow stronger or happen more quickly.

To increase a measurable level such as pressure, temperature, or risk above its normal or usual value, especially in medical or scientific contexts.

To improve the quality, value, or effectiveness of something.

To make something such as sound, activity, or effort start forcefully or become much stronger, especially by turning a control or by pushing people to do more.

To make the effect, impact, or reach of something stronger or greater, especially a feeling, problem, or message.

To increase the strength, impact, or consequences of something, so that it becomes greater.