beefed (up)

verb

Definition of beefed (up)next
past tense of beef (up)
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beefed (up)
  1. strengthened
  2. intensified
  3. hardened
  4. heightened
  5. enhanced
  6. deepened
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  • Hostilities between the two Korean leaders have been simmering this year as North Korea has appeared to have intensified its nuclear production efforts and strengthened ties with Russia, deepening widespread concern in the West over the isolated nation’s direction.
    Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In contrast, Al-Ahly strengthened its ranks with several deals, including the duo Nada Khaled and Nora Khaled, former Pyramids’ players.
    Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of strengthened
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  • Rescue teams searching for people missing from the storm have intensified their efforts in nearby ravines and the Albufera wetlands as well as at sea using specialist search boats.
    Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • For a concrete example of how AI has intensified the cat-and-mouse game between human and artificial BS, and the capacity of both to outwit and fool each other, consider recruitment.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of intensified
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  • Apple has now hardened Safari to prevent modification of those configurations files.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Public attitudes toward nuclear energy hardened after the disaster, especially as investigations showed that regulators had underestimated risks at the site.
    Amanda Kennell, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of hardened
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  • The revolution, rooted in a Vodou ceremony, heightened white fears that Black religious practices were catalysts for Black liberation.
    Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made by History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Security tensions are heightened at the moment, with the Crowd Strike experience fresh in minds and the situations in the Middle East and Eastern Europe raising alert levels and the prospect of offensive cyber activity targeting critical infrastructure.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of heightened
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  • Baseball’s leaner, meaner look is further enhanced by sports’ least taxing commercial breaks; at two minutes and five seconds per pod, the sponsor messages blow by faster than a Ben Joyce heater.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Integrating rotating detonation rocket engine Venus Aerospace enhanced the traditional ramjet concept by integrating a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) into the VDR2.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of enhanced
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  • The country’s economic woes deepened over the past year, with inflation at a record high and more than 40% of Argentinians now living in poverty.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This journey in Malawi and Tanzania both reinforced my commitment to global health and deepened my resolve to foster inclusivity in every aspect of life, including our workplaces and communities.
    Subha Barry, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of deepened
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“Beefed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beefed%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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