amplifies

VERB

increase in size or effect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

augment deepen exaggerate heighten intensify magnify strengthen

STRONG

add boost develop elaborate enlarge expand expatiate extend inflate lengthen pad pyramid raise stretch supplement swell up widen

WEAK

beef up build up flesh out hike up jack up soup up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease play down weaken

STRONG

abbreviate abridge compress concentrate condense contract curtail cut diminish halt lessen lower narrow reduce repress shorten shrink simplify stop subtract

WEAK

summarize

Example Sentences

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Wind Amplifies Effects For Typhoon Haiyan two years ago and now for Hurricane Patricia, the power of the wind was by some definitions off the charts.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2015

Twitter Does Not Supplant Other Media, It Amplifies It “Bruce, And there's so much more to come from us in the App world.”

From Forbes • May 2, 2011

Amplifies and intensifies the picture of the sea which Mr. Bullen had already produced....

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous