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underscore

verb

/ˌʌndərˈskɔːr/

Meaning

to emphasize or highlight something

The incident underscored the need for better safety measures.

underscore the importance

emphasize, highlight, stress, accentuate, underline

ignore, downplay, overlook

underscore importance, underscore need, underscore fact

to cause something to change direction; to avoid answering directly

To become progressively worse in quality, condition, or performance; to decline.

to create or devise methodically; to express in a formula

to foreshadow or suggest something in an unclear or indirect way

To stain, especially with blood.

to state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully