as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
Maintaining the house's expansive gardens requires intensive effort.
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Recent Examples of intensive
All three countries are undergoing intensive nuclear modernization, upgrading existing weapons and adding newer ones.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
After intensive practice, the patient was able to move a cursor on a screen—a significant achievement, but a painstaking one.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
The then-12-year-old immediately began an intensive round of treatment.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Others will require less intensive forms of care, including financial and social support.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
After intensive practice, the patient was able to move a cursor on a screen—a significant achievement, but a painstaking one.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
The then-12-year-old immediately began an intensive round of treatment.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Others will require less intensive forms of care, including financial and social support.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for intensive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intensive
Adjective
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Gas and dust fall into a rotating disk around the black hole, and as the debris spirals more rapidly, it becomes superheated, releasing intense radiation.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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True Ipomea batatas has bright orange flesh (although modern varieties have much more intense colors than older forms), occasionally white and rarely purple.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In intra-party diplo-speak, that was about as fierce a burn as can come from the party’s central committee.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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The city’s fierce weather pattern is fueled by the same Arctic air mass expected to sweep through the eastern two-thirds of the US this week.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Just a big ferocious ball of meat, claws, and teeth.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Though the storm did not make a direct hit on Haiti, its ferocious rains caused rivers to flood and jump their banks.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Driving through deep water can also affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Nov. 2025
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Gjoshe had suffered a deep wound to his upper arm and had to wait until Tuesday for surgery.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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The groundbreaking research penetrated the last moments of the young nobleman, who suffered a terrible 26 blows.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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History is full of cases where great bands make terrible records, yet history stands speechless at what the Clash accomplished here.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Intensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intensive. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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