BEEFS (UP) Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

beefs (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of beef (up)

as in strengthens

to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force beefed up the walls with iron bars

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as in intensifies

to make markedly greater in measure or degree will beef up security for the next few days while the president is in town

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Assembly Bill 1546 strengthens criminal penalties for repeat DUI offenders.

— Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
This strengthens the relationship and expands the partnership between Variety and SCAD, following the hosting of the 2026 class of 10 Animators to Watch at SCAD AnimationFest at its Atlanta campus earlier this month.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of strengthens

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The disclosure intensifies criticism of officials who dismissed concerns about sailors’ conditions as the administration offers no clear timeline for ending the war.

— Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
Deforestation contributes to erosion, damages biodiverse areas, threatens wildlife and humans who rely on the forest, and intensifies disasters from extreme weather.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of intensifies

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The incident could further inflame tensions between the Koreas, which have no working military hotlines or other emergency communications channels as North Korea hardens its stance toward Seoul while expanding its military nuclear program.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
Dependency that hardens into a veto over consequential machine action is not, and the distance between the two is a design decision, made early, usually by people nobody told was making a sovereignty call.

— Dr. Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of hardens

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All of the following prices include destination fees Redesigned for the 2026 model year, the latest Outback has a boxier look that enhances the utility for which Subarus are well known.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Future Society’s Base Scent is an innovative deodorant-fragrance hybrid that enhances your personal scent to make your body smell good on its own.

— Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of enhances

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Call it transcendental, the character’s deepening sense of luminosity, the way his empathy heightens as his consciousness expands.

— David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
The diamond-set is further enhanced by the two cultured pearls, with a design that heightens sculpture and lightness.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of heightens

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After a quiet episode focused on Hal Jordan’s passing, Lanterns’s penultimate chapter deepens the mystery in surprising and wrenching ways.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
But their interest deepens after reading Buffett’s annual letters, which became required reading for many investors, and hearing him speak in interviews.

— Josh Funk, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

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