dire necessity

Frequency: 6.97.5 per million words

Describes an extremely urgent and serious situation requiring immediate action.

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Examples (20)

  • Finding water became a dire necessity for the stranded hikers.
  • The villagers faced a dire necessity for clean water after the drought.
  • Securing a new investor is a dire necessity to prevent the company from going bankrupt.
  • His family's dire necessity for food forced him to seek work abroad.
  • For him, seeking therapy was a dire necessity to cope with his grief.
  • They found themselves in a situation of dire necessity, with no shelter and dwindling supplies.
  • The government realized that immediate policy reform was a dire necessity to stabilize the economy.
  • The war created a dire necessity for medical aid in the affected regions.
  • During the war, rationing was introduced out of dire necessity.
  • Without immediate intervention, the refugees would face a dire necessity for humanitarian assistance.
  • A heart transplant was the patient's only hope, a dire necessity for survival.
  • The country's economic crisis led to a dire necessity for international financial support.
  • Protecting this endangered species is a dire necessity for maintaining biodiversity.
  • She explained that her actions were born out of dire necessity, not malicious intent.
  • It was a matter of dire necessity to evacuate the coastal towns before the hurricane hit.
  • The sudden drop in temperature presented a dire necessity for warm clothing and heating.
  • If we don't act on climate change now, drastic measures will become a dire necessity in the future.
  • For many, access to education is not just a right, but a dire necessity for escaping poverty.
  • We didn't want to sell our family home, but it was a dire necessity to pay off our debts.
  • We must address the dire necessity of climate action before it's too late.