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What is an intensifier?

What is an intensifier? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. That which intensifies.
  2. (linguistics) A word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term.
  3. (photography) An agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.
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The sources of the gyrostabiliser and light intensifier have not yet been identified.
Eugenol is used in germicides, perfumes, and mouthwashes, in the synthesis of vanillin, and as a sweetener or intensifier.
At this point, the intensifier is not longer a free agent, but has become a sort of contractual associate of the negation.
Is it anything more than an intensifier of no relevant constitutional content, Mr Young?
Therefore, the people, far from figuring as the subject of politics, serve as intensifier of Bacon's charismatic leadership.
This interview with the screenwriter reports that the phrase can be used as an all-purpose intensifier.

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