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Exigency

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pinchnounTo squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
emergencynoun(sometimes attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

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emergencynoun(sometimes attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
pinchnounThe action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
urgentRequiring immediate attention.
urgencynounThe quality or condition of being urgent.
pressingnounThe application of pressure by a press or other means.
urgentlyWith great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important.
coercionnoun(uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
criticalnounA critical value, factor, etc.
contingencynoun(countable) A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
flashnounA sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
direnounA surname.
demandnounThe desire to purchase goods and services.
imperativenoun(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
neednoun(countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.
requirementnounA necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relation to what is required.
exigentUrgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
exigendarynounSynonym of exigenter.
insistencenounAn urgent demand.
pressurenounA pressing; a force applied to a surface.
overdemandnounexcessive demand; demand for more than is available

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