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Dire Definition

adjective

Urgent; desperate: in dire need; dire poverty.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous: a dire economic forecast; dire threats.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
horror.
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Warning of disaster.
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Desperately.
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