BEEFED (UP) Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

beefed (up)

verb

past tense of beef (up)

as in strengthened

to increase the ability of (as a muscle) to exert physical force beefed up the walls with iron bars

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as in intensified

to make markedly greater in measure or degree will beef up security for the next few days while the president is in town

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Isaias strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane with 120-mph winds Friday, threatening a late-day landfall near the Alabama-Florida line as crews raced to finish preparations.

— Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
That comparison strengthened confidence in the theoretical explanation.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

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The civil war in Yemen erupted once again this summer and significantly intensified last month, breaking years of relative calm.

— Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026
But most of the gains came earlier in the year before the bond market stress intensified, with many REIT investments selling off since August.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

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But the conflict heightened last week, with insults flying back and forth.

— Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent significant coastal impacts, such as erosion, along parts of the West Coast have also heightened attention to the potential effects of changing ocean conditions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

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The destroyer has enhanced electrical power distribution and additional cooling capacity to support its advanced systems.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
If the liminal atmosphere in Backrooms, enhanced by the cinematography of Jeremy Cox, gave you a sense of dread, his camera work on Concrete Turned to Sand will take you into a very different space – oyster farms in British Columbia, Canada.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of enhanced

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The pandemic, which emptied offices in 2020, deepened WeWork’s troubles.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
That has made imports more expensive and deepened a longstanding cost of living crisis that sparked nationwide protests last December that the security forces crushed with deadly force.

— Erika Solomon, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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