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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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Quang Nam is just below Thua Thien Province, where the ancient capital of Hue was located, and the site of intense fighting during the Tet offensive of 1968, in which there was a total of over 125,000 casualties by all sides of the conflict. — Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "Dayhoff: Stretch of Md. 75 to be dedicated to fallen local hero, Russel Milberry," 16 Aug. 2019 Alaska, Central Europe, northern and southwestern parts of Asia, and parts of Africa and Australia suffered the most intense departures from normal high temperatures, experiencing their hottest year to date. — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, "July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth," 15 Aug. 2019 Russell Westbrook is already one of the most intense players in the NBA. — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, "Comeback Season: Seven NBA Stars With the Most to Prove in 2019-20," 14 Aug. 2019 The most intense heat Tuesday had been expected in Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama, and in areas near Memphis. — Washington Post, "National digest: Southern states are under heat advisories and warnings," 14 Aug. 2019 Previously, the Indo-Pacific reefs were also hit by mass coral bleaching and heat stress in 1983, 1998, 2005 and 2010, before the world's most intense, longest and largest bleaching event between 2014 and 2017. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Scientists studied 2,500 coral reefs to figure out how to save them," 12 Aug. 2019 New Hubble telescope images of Jupiter taken this summer show the planet’s famous Great Red Dot and some of the most intense colors in the cloud bands that circle the planet that scientists have seen. — Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, "New Hubble pictures of Jupiter fascinate scientists," 9 Aug. 2019 Nonetheless, the film’s most intense action and gravest danger is emotional; its melodrama suggests a much larger span of action, including flashbacks. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, "A Nineteen-Fifties TV Series That Let Directors Run Free," 30 July 2019 Kittenish Look Liner Jill Stuart jillstuart-beauty.com $2.00 SHOP IT The perfect cateye lasts all day with Jill Stuart’s long-wear formula, allowing you to rock the most intense wing without the dreaded midday smudging. — Hana Hong, Marie Claire, "How to Apply Liquid Eyeliner Like a Pro: A Fast and Easy Guide," 26 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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