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Necessary

Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
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Severe and necessary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Severe" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily

Severe

Severe adjective - Given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint.
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Necessary and severe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Necessary" instead an adjective "Severe".
Nearby Words: severely, severity, severed

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  • Film / The Big Lebowski After a brief interrogation, Walter decides that more severe measures are necessary and begins to smash the Corvette with a crowbar.
    Source: Film / The Big Lebowski
  • Video Game / A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky Something similar, although less severe, is the case with the black-winged "witches" who live for hundreds of years and have extremely powerful magical abilities; they are regarded as "demons" and avoided unless necessary.
    Source: Video Game / A Very Long Rope to the Top of the Sky
  • Comic Book / The Authority This was after his severe reluctance to kill the infant Jenny Fractal, no matter how necessary it was, so it may be the reason he's unwilling to cross that line again just to save his own life.
    Source: Comic Book / The Authority
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