drastic
IPA: drˈæstɪk
noun
- A powerful, fast-acting purgative medicine.
adjective
- Having a strong or far-reaching effect; extreme, severe.
- (Orig. of medicine) Acting rapidly or violently.
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Examples of "drastic" in Sentences
- The change is drastic and instantaneous.
- I am going to drastically edit and abridge it.
- The temperature in the city changed drastically.
- As the consensus is evolved the article drastically.
- That would seem rather drastic and quixotic as well.
- The factual content of the pretext varies drastically.
- This had a drastic effect on the nature of the warfare.
- The effects increase drastically with the increase in depth.
- It also drastically reduces the size and weight of the drive.
- It is drastic because the problems are in fact in the article.
- Getting people to agree to a rule change, no matter how "drastic," is not cheating.
- Speaking at the conclusion of the G20 economic summit this week, President Obama spoke of what he called the drastic decline in U.S. exports over the last several months.
- C.ristopher C. Healy, the chairman of the C.nnecticut Republican Party, said Republicans were justified in blocking what he described as a drastic overreaching by Mr. Obama.
- In a statement in Pretoria the IFP said the move, which it described as drastic, had to be discussed widely since it impacted negatively on students conducting their studies in Afrikaans.
- He also blames the so-called quantitative easing monetary policies in countries like the United States for causing what he describes as "drastic fluctuations" in currency exchange rates and commodity prices.
- Motoko Rich reported in The Times recently on new research showing that most people who lost their jobs in recent years now make less and have not maintained their lifestyles, with many experiencing what they describe as drastic - and probably irreversible - declines in income.
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