"`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But waiting can also be a powerful intensifier of emotions. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Ten Minutes] Reference
And just as time can act as an intensifier, so can context. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Ten Minutes] Reference
Could we PLEASE stop using ‘incredible’ as an intensifier?. From Wordnik.com. [Hot light from a cold comet] Reference
Is “big” the new all-purpose negative intensifier? ga73 says. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Breitbart on Podesta] Reference
Presumably this is a fossil of the usage of "full" as a generic intensifier, e.g. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THINKING FULL WELL.] Reference
It's an obvious intensifier of "two-dimensional," but I don't think it a very good one. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Rhetoric] Reference
Multiple intensifier is round and black; looks powerful; attendant says 360 horse power. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
You hate being used as a general intensifier; haven't these people ever heard of underlining?. From Wordnik.com. [Curly] Reference
Also, if “no” is allowed as an intensifier, then it ceases to be a negative when used that way. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Kids These Days] Reference
He studied the teeming grounds through a light intensifier mounted on the stock of his sniper's rifle. From Wordnik.com. [The Season of the Machete]
The energy intensifier had taken effect and she walked at a brisk pace, soon emerging into her own valley. From Wordnik.com. [Eve's Rib]
She was exhausted, but the energy intensifier was still at work and she couldn't release herself to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Eve's Rib]
Zimmerman looked up from the scanning probe microscope's image-intensifier screen at his unexpected visitor. From Wordnik.com. [Moonwar]
Sticking a German prefix onto English words as an intensifier gives the user some kind of cachet, is that it?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference
Even the oversized carrot felt not like a mistake but part of the giggle, an intensifier, an artistic steroid. From Wordnik.com. [Duma Key]
Many famous writers, including Mark Twain and many others, have used literal to mean figurative or as an intensifier. From Wordnik.com. [English Lives. Tell The Grammar Police.] Reference
Jerry Kohl, one of the team's two snipers, shifted, following the men through his G3 rifle's Varo image-intensifier sight. From Wordnik.com. [Carrie]
Perfect symmetry -- and I use "perfect" here in its primary dictionary definition, not as an intensifier -- is next to nonexistent. From Wordnik.com. [Auditions are underway] Reference
We remained overnight using image - intensifier equipment to try to locate any other survivors that may have made it to the surface. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2001] Reference
Alcohol is unnecessary, as the film is well washed with water before the intensifier is used, consequently it flows readily over the plate. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881] Reference
Is "big" the new all-purpose negative intensifier?. From Wordnik.com. [Center for American Progress Action Fund] Reference
Jet Edge offers IP60-100 waterjet intensifier pump. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
SIT (silicon intensifier target; Figure 11) camera. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Excess stroke frequency of intensifier and direction of excess stroke. From Wordnik.com. [Aktuellste Pressemeldungen der PresseBox] Reference
The hydraulic intensifier/pump provides the power behind waterjet cutting. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
But it seems to function as an intensifier the same way some would use "Goddamm.". From Wordnik.com. [Expecting Rain] Reference
Even though NBC's use of the "F-Word" was "as an intensifier," the FCC said that. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
I don't like putting the intensifier "even" so close to the beginning of the sentence. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Operating life expectancy of Generation I image intensifier tubes was about 2,000 hours. From Wordnik.com. [Defense Industry Daily] Reference
Wightman Stewart can also provide full maintenance and service for all types of intensifier. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
His favorite intensifier was reproduced in many newspapers and Internet sites with dashes as. From Wordnik.com. [Vox Verax] Reference
When I used sunbeds, I used an intensifier cream instead of any kind of protective sun lotion. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
In this device, photons are detected by a photocathode similar to that in an image intensifier. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Jet Edge has introduced the 80hp, 60,000 psi iP60-80DS diesel-powered water jet intensifier pump. From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
Here we have the principle we were seeking, the intensifier of meaning, the selection principle. From Wordnik.com. [Limited, Inc.] Reference
AN/PVS-7D binocular, MX-10130/UV image intensifier tubes, and MX-11769/UV image intensifier tubes. From Wordnik.com. [Defense Industry Daily] Reference
A Generation III intensifier multiplies the light gathering power of the eye or video receptor up to 30,000 times. From Wordnik.com. [Defense Industry Daily] Reference
The first proximity focused MCP image intensifier tube was an 18mm used in the original AN/PVS-5 night vision goggles. From Wordnik.com. [Defense Industry Daily] Reference
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