The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word INTENSIFY
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More clues leading to the result INTENSIFY
- How decades are arranged if years hot up
- Fashionable decades provided unknown boost
- Female inside is ninety struggling for fuel
- Concentrate when dealing with decimals if unknown quantity
- Means to let daughter go out provided you initially pick up
- Strengthen fine wines, ultimately breaking tiny rum bottles
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What does INTENSIFY mean?
INTENSIFY verb- To render more intense
- To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.