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very intense in English:

1. relentless relentless


I was relentless in my pursuit
The situation will be particularly difficult because of the relentless population increase here.
a patient but relentless taskmaster
relentless efforts
a relentless fighter of evil
there is nothing we can do to stopthe relentless growth of social networking on the internet
relentless criticism/pressure
She told them he was relentless, the husband who always got his way.
"I have been relentless in trying to win the House back."
Her relentless determination to succeed surprised everyone.
relentless fight against crime
her relentless pursuit of perfection; a relentless enemy
after the massive and relentless housing construction...
To the public, this seemed like a relentless defense of order.
the relentless pursuit of wealth and power

2. overwhelming overwhelming


My wedding day was really overwhelming.
An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.
overwhelming majority
Dreams flew out of that box when it was opened: dreams of secrets written in disappearing ink and of overwhelming odors.
Parents' love can sometimes be so overwhelming that you can't breathe.
The sound from the thundersticks was overwhelming at the stadium today.
He resolutely pushed forward from the start, overwhelming and pushing out his off-balance opponent.
I had an overwhelming feeling that something bad is going to happen
She said how much she appreciated the overwhelming generosity of the public in responding to the appeal.
overwhelming feeling of uncertainty
I got overwhelming positive feedback
overwhelming evidence that smoking damages your health
Her problems are overwhelming but God can help her.
if something is overwhelming, it has such a strong effect on your feelings that it is difficult for you to describe exactly how you feel
If you feel an overwhelming urge to check your mobile for missed calls or texts, you might be developing the condition known as nomophobia.

English word "very intense"(overwhelming) occurs in sets:

Hopes and fears

3. severe severe


severe life
In severe cases, cracks can form or it can snap apart.
There is a severe shortage of water in this city, so we must give up having a bath occasionally.
The stages of psychosexual development—oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital—turn out to be one big Freudian slip, betraying severe anal retention on the part of the taxonomist.
Company A is trying to play us off against Company B in a severe price-war.
Happy him who with ease can steer, from grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.
A cute kitten can make a giggling mess even out of the most severe übermensch.
Holding the Olympics where there's severe atmospheric pollution gives rise to a great risk for athletes.
This is a ​school for ​children with severe ​learning difficulties. In ​parts of ​Africa there is a severe ​food/​water ​shortage. There is ​expected to be a severe ​frost ​tonight. Severe ​cutbacks in ​public ​spending have been ​announced.
My condition is so severe that I have to go to hospital. The severe winter killed all of our farm animals.
20 patients suffered from severe side effects. These effects were caused by medicines not connected with the study.
However, he is very severe to those pupils who do not want to study and dislikes those who are arrogant and conceited.
I burned my hand in the hot water. It was pretty severe, so I went to the hospital.
Stalls also can occur at unusually high speeds in severe turbulence or in low level wind shear