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heighten

verb 8 letters Scrabble 15 WWF 15
Definitions
verb

make (one's senses) more acute

verb

make more intense, stronger, or more marked

“Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness”

verb

become more extreme

“The tension heightened”

verb

increase

“heighten the tension”

verb

increase the height of

“The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars”

verb

make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity

“heightened interest”

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