Definition of "intensifier" [in•ten•si•fi•er]

• Grammar See intensive. (noun)

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• "January 8th, 2009 at 2: 35 pm using it as an intensifier is less bad than using it as a negation-sign, as in “moral victory”, which means “i lost”."
• "Yet another intensifier is the military's handling of rape claims."
• "I spent a year circling my eyes in Sue Devitt's smoky eye intensifier pencil before I knew anything about her."