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difficulty; demand n.
demand n.
crisis n.

NOUN

difficulty; demand

Synonyms

WEAK

acuteness constraint contingency crisis criticalness crossroad demandingness dilemma distress duress emergency extremity fix hardship imperativeness jam juncture necessity need needfulness pass pickle pinch plight predicament pressingness pressure quandary requirement scrape stress turning point urgency vicissitude want wont zero hour

Antonyms

WEAK

ease easiness ordinariness

NOUN

demand

Synonyms

WEAK

demands exigencies exigency necessity need needs requirement requirements want

NOUN

crisis

Synonyms

WEAK

circumstance climacteric crossroad difficulty dilemma emergency exigency fix hardship head juncture pickle pinch predicament quandary turning point urgency zero hour

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exigences

He was one of those whom great exigences develop.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley

The knowledge of which I have spoken is valuable in the ordinary course of public business, and absolutely essential in the exigences of political and national life.

From Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions by George S. Boutwell

It therefore remained for Gage to do the shouting, which duty he performed with a vigour out of proportion to the apparent exigences of the case.

From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay

This may be fully allowed, yet it does not meet the exigences of the case.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse

These exigences led to strenuous scenes in the Assembly, and the succession of Regents became still more rapid.

From South America by W. H. (William Henry) Koebel

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