intensiveadjective
uk/ɪnˈten.sɪv/us/ɪnˈten.sɪv/B2 involving a lot of effort or activity in a short period of time:
two weeks of intensive training
an intensive course in English
Intensive bombing had reduced the city to rubble.
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- The course compresses two year's training into six intensive months.
- The soil has been so heavily leached through intensive farming that it is no longer fertile.
- The allies let loose an intensive artillery bombardment over the border.
- As agriculture became more capital intensive, many farm labourers moved to the towns and cities to look for work.
- In some areas, modern intensive farming is giving way to the re-introduction of traditional methods.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Busy and active
- a hive of activity/industry idiom
- arena
- be (as) busy as a bee idiom
- be all go idiom
- be at work idiom
- be back in harness idiom
- buzz
- foot
- girlie swot
- hard-working
- harness
- have (got) sth on
- have sth on your plate idiom
- hurly-burly
- knee-deep
- mad
- spread
- stimulating
- tie sb up
- well away idiom
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intensively
adverb uk/ɪnˈten.sɪv.li/us/ɪnˈten.sɪv.li/