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REDOUBLE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make twice as great or intense

Example:

The screaming redoubled

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "redouble" is one way to...):

deepen; intensify (become more intense)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Double again

Example:

The noise doubled and redoubled

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "redouble" is one way to...):

double; duplicate (increase twofold)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 3

Meaning:

Double in magnitude, extent, or intensity

Example:

The enemy redoubled their screaming on the radio

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "redouble" is one way to...):

escalate; intensify; step up (increase in extent or intensity)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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