Major
Required
Required adjective - Impossible to do without.
Usage example: with these frigid winds, hats, scarves, and good mittens are required equipment for heading outside
Major and required are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Major" instead an adjective "Required".
Nearby Words: requirement, requiring
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- In the sixth Shadow Hawk story in Epic Tales, Shadow Hawk's required secondary abilities are actually a major plot point, as there is a character who's presence negates them.
- Similarly, early in its service-life the Lucifer aerospace fighter went through a redesign to repair major structural flaws, and one of the fixes required deleting the ejection system.
Source: Armored Coffins -
Few non-military/police heroes ever wear one, unless they are a major character and it is dramatically required that they get shot.
Source: Bullet Proof Vest
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