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enforced(adjective, affected, essential, strained, unnatural)
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exigent(adjective, important, significant, essential, critical)
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imperious(adjective, essential, commanding, authoritative)
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inexorable(adjective, obvious, expected, predictable, compulsion)
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needful(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
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vital(adjective, important, significant, essential, critical)
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coercive(adjective, affected, essential, compulsion, strained)
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compelling(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
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crucial(adjective, important, significant, essential, critical)
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inescapable(adjective, important, essential, vital, obvious)
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needed(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
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compulsatory(adjective, essential, compulsion, commanding)
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conclusive
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decisive(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
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irrevocable(expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable)
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necessitous(essential, necessary, needed)
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all-important(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
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chief(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
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expedient(adjective, significant, essential, basic, vital)
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fixed(expected, predictable, necessary, inexorable)
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