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C2 Vocab intensity

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to recede to diminish in intensity, visibility, or prominence
to redouble to intensify or increase in force, magnitude, or activity
to compound to make a situation worse or more intense by adding to it
to aggrandize to make a person or thing seem more important or impressive than they actually are
to assuage to help reduce the severity of an unpleasant feeling
to exalt to elevate or intensify the quality, value, or significance of something
to attenuate to gradually decrease in strength, value, or intensity
to stifle to suppress, restrain, or hinder the growth, development, or intensity of something
to wane to gradually decrease in intensity, strength, importance, size, influence, etc.
to step up to increase the size, amount, intensity, speed, etc. of something
to tamp down to reduce the intensity or force of something
drastic having a strong or far-reaching effect
searing extremely intense and forceful, often leaving a lasting impression or impact
unmitigated not reduced or moderated in intensity
mitigation the act or process of reducing the severity, impact, or harmfulness of something
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