Incident and Need

Incident

Incident noun - Something that happens.

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Need and incident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Need" instead a noun "Incident".

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Incident and need are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incident" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

particular	particular incident	particular need
specific	specific incident	specific need
certain	certain incident	certain need
current	current incident	current need
Other adjectives: original, true, single, actual, real, big, serious, little, bad, dramatic, further, last, different, magical.

Cannot Spit It Out: Despite feeling the need to do so, Kumiko initially has a lot of trouble bringing up the incident in middle school to Reina (and by extension, has difficulty even talking to her).

Source: Literature / Sound! Euphonium
In other words, if the turret sees you (the "incident in need of resolution"), it'll open its magazines and shoot you.

Source: Expospeak Gag
Squick: The entire 'Goose ate a gem, and they need it back' incident, in-universe and out-of-universe.

Source: Series / House of Anubis

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