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Synonyms & Antonyms for intense
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acute, almighty, blistering, deep, dreadful, excruciating, explosive, exquisite, fearful, fearsome, ferocious, fierce, frightful, furious, ghastly, hard, heavy, heavy-duty, hellacious, intensive, keen, profound, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent
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Within 10 minutes the entire big top had been consumed by fire, which rained down on people fleeing the flames and intense heat that experts said could have reached 1,500 degrees. — Steven Goode, courant.com, "Medical examiner makes case to exhume unidentified bodies from the Hartford Circus Fire," 29 Aug. 2019 Chipotle chile powder, which comes from dried and smoked jalapeños, has a similar rich charred flavor but more intense heat. — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, "Yes, Chili Powder and Chile Powder Are Different Things," 27 Aug. 2019 After days of intense heat, ominous clouds gathered and thickened over L.A. on the afternoon of Sept. 24 as the fourth tropical storm deteriorated off Santa Catalina Island. — Los Angeles Times, "Could a hurricane lash Los Angeles? 80 years ago, this deadly storm came close," 22 Aug. 2019 Those that emerge from their burrows into the intense tropical heat spend their time in the shade of the coconut palms, say, or among the branches of the ren trees. — Rachel Hartigan Shea, National Geographic, "Colossal crabs may hold clue to Amelia Earhart fate," 20 Aug. 2019 But at least some of the Vesuvian victims probably died instantaneously from the intense heat of fast-moving lava flows, with temperatures high enough to boil brains and explode skulls. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Archaeologists discovered an invaluable cache of ritual artifacts at Pompeii," 14 Aug. 2019 However, an approaching cool front should help ease the intense heat by Wednesday. — Jeff Martin, BostonGlobe.com, "Dangerous heat grips wide stretch of the South and Midwest," 12 Aug. 2019 But while Meyer still would have faced scrutiny, there would have been less intense immediate heat. — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, "Urban Meyer could have let Zach Smith go to Alabama .... but otherwise Ohio State documents don’t change much: Doug Lesmerises," 3 Aug. 2019 The Brazilians always bring an impressive contingent, even though Filipe Toledo, who has had some intense head-to-head heats with Igarashi and is a two-time Open champ, is not here. — Joe Haakenson, Daily Pilot, "Huntington Beach’s Kanoa Igarashi looks to make history at U.S. Open of Surfing," 27 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'intense.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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