in need's Usage Examples:

NiGHTS was once loyal to Wizeman, but eventually began to view what Wizeman was doing as wrong and in need of being stopped.

Somehow, Blizzard had lost his bodily power to generate cold and once again needed his battle suit to create low temperatures.

desperately in need of money, Roderick kills the cruel old pawnbroker, and rummages through her room for valuables.

Although in later years he could have traveled by train, Bishop Seybert continued his previous methods of travel because it allowed him to minister to people in need all along his route.

The game follows seven samurai as they fight off an immense army of mutants, cyborgs and other inhuman creatures in an attempt to bring about a regime of peace for those in need.

The latter was founded by Baptists to instruct genteel young women in what were considered acceptable goals of their time and place, proficiency in needlework, dancing, drawing, and penmanship.

By this time Adventure Galley was in need of fresh sail and rigging.

Green took to the streets of the city with a bag of sandwiches and a thermos flask, meeting the homeless and giving out food to those in need.

She is taken to a circular operating table and tied down whilst a breathing apparatus is attached to her face, followed by a thin needle drill moving towards her.

Philanthropic activitiesIn 1991, Vizard and his family founded the Vizard Foundation, which established Vizard House, a refuge for people in need.

the end of World War II, she started to raise funds for starving and shelterless women and children in need in Germany through the organisations CARE.

Intuitions involve a direct apprehension that is not mediated by inferences or deductions: they are self-evident and therefore not in need of any additional proof.

The fully expanded foam is pumped into areas in need of insulation.

Synonyms:

relief, reliever, backup, stunt woman, locum tenens, match, substitute, peer, equal, stunt man, stand-in, surrogate, replacement, compeer, backup man, locum, alternate, double,

Antonyms:

compression, increase, high relief, low relief, embarrassment,