heighten
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- (transitive & intransitive) If a sense, awareness, or risk heightens, it increases or becomes stronger.
- Synonym: raise
- Antonym: lower
- The music heightened the tension in the film.
- Security was heightened before the meeting.
- Her heart beat faster as the drama heightened.