Demand and Strain

Demand

Demand verb - To ask for (something) earnestly or with authority.

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Strain and demand are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead the word "Demand" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: demanding, demanded, demandant

Strain verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

Usage example: strained her memory but the name just wouldn't come to her

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Demand and strain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Demand" instead the word "Strain" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: strained, straining, strainer

single	single demand	single strain
sheer	sheer demand	sheer strain
heavy	heavy demand	heavy strain
strong	strong demand	strong strain
Other adjectives: real, constant, vocal, massive, big, great, intense, huge, infamous, new, final, less, additional, aggressive, immense, tremendous, greater, last.

In the first year or two after a new species or strain of livestock comes into demand, they can be temporarily hard to come by, as their owners prefer breeding their stock for future profits over selling them now.

Source: Only Electric Sheep Are Cheap
Only Sane Man: The curse of the Nu Strain is to be one of these; their Beloved basically devolve into zealous idiots, to the point that one of them mistaking a Nu's shopping list for a carefully coded demand for a Virgin Sacrifice is mentioned in the Strain's 2e writeup.

Source: Tabletop Game / Leviathan: The Tempest

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