Intensify and Mollify

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Intensify verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.

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Mollify is an antonym for intensify.

Mollify verb - To make more bearable or less severe.

Usage example: a friendly gesture that did a lot to mollify their suspicions about the new neighbor

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Intensify is an antonym for mollify in pacify topic.

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