heighten

phonetic symbol: / háɪtən / 

heighten - English Dictionary

[ verb ]
■ make more intense, stronger, or more marked
e.g.)
・Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness
compound , deepen , intensify

[ verb ]
■ increase
e.g.)
・heighten the tension
enhance , raise

[ verb ]
■ make (one's senses) more acute
sharpen

[ verb ]
■ make more extreme
■ raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
e.g.)
・heightened interest

[ verb ]
■ become more extreme
e.g.)
・The tension heightened
rise

[ verb ]
■ increase the height of
e.g.)
・The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars

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