Need and Spare

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Need verb - To have as a requirement.

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Spare is an antonym for need.

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

Spare verb - To use or give out in stingy amounts.

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Need is an antonym for spare in topics: forgive, do or manage without.

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

character	need character	spare character
hero	need hero	spare hero
man	need man	spare man
people	need people	spare people
Other words: men, someone, resources, space, friends.

A kind way of putting it- you spare Logan because you need his built-up military to assist you.

Source: Can't Kill You, Still Need You
There are no more power nodes to slot into weapons or your suit; instead, you need to assemble weapons from parts and create chips out of more spare parts to tweak their performance.

Source: Video Game / Dead Space 3
In chapter 37 Nina Hopkins states that she only likes girls, and boys that are 15 years or younger, prompting Sebastian to comment that he does not need to know what she does in her spare time.

Source: Bi the Way

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