Dependent
Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Dependent and necessary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dependent" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
Both words in one sentence
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In Oedipus at Colonus, Creon, knowing Oedipus is necessary for victory, forcefully abducts Oedipus' daughters (on whom he is completely dependent) to get him to come.
Source: I Have Your Wife - They're co-dependent, insecure, childish, self-pitying, martyred jerks who've progressively become less disturbed by killing the hosts to kill the demons and other necessary evils.
Source: Anti Hero / Live-Action TV -
This is necessary to set up the fourth act's climax and resolution (therefore "plot dependent").
Source: Badass Decay
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