Need and Refuse

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Need

Need verb - To have as a requirement.
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Refuse and need are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refuse" instead a verb "Need".
Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
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Need and refuse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Need" instead a verb "Refuse".
Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser
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How words are described

human human need human refuse
real real need real refuse
little little need little refuse
bad bad need bad refuse
Other adjectives: religious, greatest.

Common collocations

help need help refuse help
people need people refuse people
kind need kind refuse kind
hand need hand refuse hand
Other words: permission, item, time, way, money, food, drink, surgery, weapons.

Both words in one sentence

  • Defied by much every LucasArts adventure game after Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders; these games always allow the player to go back and collect items that they need or refuse to let them continue without the required item.
    Source: Unwinnable by Design
  • He will always stop to help a stranger in need and will refuse food from those who need it more than he.
    Source: Analysis / Magic: The Gathering
  • Quincies refuse to accept their actions threaten existence itself while Shinigami refuse to accept they're overwhelmed by Hollow numbers and need help.
    Source: Both Sides Have a Point
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