Built and Heightened

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Built adjective - (used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness.

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Heightened and built are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heightened" instead the word "Built" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Word: build

Heightened adjective - Being at a higher level than average.

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Built and heightened are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Built" instead the word "Heightened" as an adjective or a verb.

Nearby Word: heightening

Frankenstein: Frankenstein's Monster had "pearly white teeth", because Frankenstein deliberately built him out of attractive parts in hopes of creating as perfect a specimen as possible, but instead the overall effect, probably heightened by the jaundiced, yellow skin, is pure Uncanny Valley.

Source: Eternally Pearly-White Teeth
In the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode "Out of Sight, Out of Mind," a girl is actually rendered invisible because no one ever noticed her (an effect heightened by the school she attends being built over a hellmouth).

Source: Clap Your Hands If You Believe
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons hit on just about every possible variation of the "single player co-op" mechanic the game was built around, and the short length heightened the emotional impact of the journey of the characters.

Source: Sugar Wiki / So Short It Rocks

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