Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Root and necessary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Root" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
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Whether or not they participate in the Cold-Blooded Torture that generally goes on first (in order to root out any secrets necessary to make the impersonation successful) isn't mentioned.
Source: Kill and Replace - Quite frequently Played for Laughs, in which case the logical leaps necessary to get from root cause to end result will be intentionally amplified and exaggerated.
Source: Slippery Slope Fallacy -
Fridge Logic kicks in when you consider that isn't actually necessary to root the device in order to play a pirated Android game, and pirated software will continue to run on the device after you un-root it, making this form of copy protection rather ineffective.
Source: Copy Protection
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