Harsh and Necessary

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Harsh adjective - Difficult to endure.

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Necessary and harsh are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Necessary" instead an adjective "Harsh".

Nearby Words: harshness, harshly

Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

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Harsh and necessary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Harsh" instead an adjective "Necessary".

Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily

He also finds it necessary to defend his wife Catie from Emmanuel's harsh criticism.

Source: Literature / Malevil
The Japanese protagonists (and possibly Atlas, despite viewing harsh treatment of the robots as necessary) are the only people that relate to the robots as sentient entities.

Source: Anime / Metropolis
As a result, while some viewers believes this is necessary for Aang's Character Development, others believe that the story is too harsh on him.

Source: Unintentionally Sympathetic

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