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  • 1heightening — index aggravation (exacerbation), boom (increase), cumulative (intensifying), growth (increase) Burton s Legal Thesaurus …

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  • 2Heightening — Heighten Height en (h[imac]t n), v. t. [Written also {highten}.] [imp. & p. p. {Heightened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Heightening}.] 1. To make high; to raise higher; to elevate. [1913 Webster] 2. To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to …

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  • 3heightening — adjective reaching a higher intensity their heightening fears • Similar to: ↑intensifying …

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  • 4heightening — Synonyms and related words: accelerando, acceleration, aggrandizement, aggravation, amplification, annoyance, augmentation, ballyhoo, beefing up, big talk, blowing up, blowup, burlesque, caricature, concentration, condensation, consolidation,… …

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  • 5heightening — height·en || haɪtn v. raise, elevate; increase, intensify, enhance; grow …

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  • 6MACDONALD — UNITED KINGDOM (see also List of Individuals) 6.5.1866 Inverness/UK 24.4.1957 Nairn/UK Murdoch MacDonald was a distinguished engineer who contributed decades of his life to the irrigation in Egypt and later was instrumental in the hydro power… …

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  • 7Mott MacDonald — Limited Type Private Industry Multidisciplinary consultancy Founded 1902 (1902) (as Mott Hay) …

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  • 8theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …

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  • 9Segal, George — born Nov. 26, 1924, New York, N.Y., U.S. died June 9, 2000, South Brunswick, N.J. U.S. sculptor. Segal began his artistic career as an abstract painter. In 1958 he started creating sculptures from chicken wire and plaster and two years later… …

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