Object

• disagreement: Does the adoption of sustainability as the focus of policy intensify disagreements about the boundary between public and private development rights and obligations?

• offensive: But it will intensify the offensive against the working class, as capitalism seeks as always to make working people pay for its crisis.

• exploitation: The capitalist's need to intensify the exploitation of the labor force manifests itself in constant pressure for workers to work harder or longer.

• co-operation: On the other hand, there are areas where we should intensify co-operation.

Preposition: at

• stage: The level of competence expected of students intensifies at each stage of the program.

Modifying Another Word

• gradually: I will gradually intensify its use for this purpose.

• dramatically: Russia views NATO expansion with great unease - an unease likely to have been dramatically intensified by the Kosovo crisis.

• rapidly: Within a short time the precipitation rapidly intensified ( spoiling the view!

• rather: My feeling about that has intensified rather than lessened.

Used with why or when

• that: Partner and family attraction influences to conduct responsibilities to benefit the family and thus the involvement in responsibilities intensifies that elapses attention to spouse.

• what: Globalization has in fact only intensified what was underway well before modernity.

Preposition: in

• year: That number is bound to rise as global warming intensifies in the years ahead.

• week: The debate about legalizing or decriminalizing cannabis has intensified in recent weeks.