Synonym: extreme, fierce, intense, rough, severe, tough, violent. Similar words: drastically, procrastinate, plastic, procrastination, bombastic, fantastic, gymnastics, enthusiastic. Meaning: ['dræstɪk] adj. forceful and extreme and rigorous.
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121. In fact, you can make drastic changes in your tables with just a few keystrokes.
122. Inland changes to sites over the last 1000 years do not seem to have been so drastic.
123. How does the less drastic task of captaining a cricket team compare?
124. In this plant was a milky substance which was a drastic purge and irritant.
125. It is not difficult to see how this approach lays itself open to abuse and drastic criticism.
126. The drastic reduction in the number of committees was felt to be impracticable.
127. There would thus have to be drastic cuts in public expenditure, particularly in the soaring cost of unemployment benefits.
128. The cuts, although severe, were not as drastic as had been expected.
129. From 1957 Macmillan and his cabinet tried to rectify this by drastic cuts to conventional forces as Britain's nuclear armoury expanded.
130. Jude Medical and Medtronic gained as federal budget talks stalled, making drastic cuts in the Medicare health insurance program less likely.
131. To hold otherwise would mark a drastic change in our understanding of the Constitution.
132. Thankfully, prevention of split ends isn't as drastic as the cure.
133. Philip wouldn't allow anything too drastic, that was one comfort.
134. Since any small area is exposed to drastic attrition or change, these isolated species are the most frequently endangered.
135. They have other drastic consequences, including birth defects and strange behavior problems.
136. The liberal democrats and labour say their budget was the only way to prevent drastic cuts.
137. His own lazy, selfish body might require a more drastic discipline.
138. Drastic, unprepared liberalisation can lead to economic chaos, as in the Ivory Coast in 1988.
139. We could, I suppose, have carried out such an experiment without the drastic consequences the Lieutenant has suggested. Sentencedict.com
140. It felt like a drastic step, but he felt desperate.
141. Edith's murder is one of several cases that have fuelled demands for drastic measures to stop child abuse.
142. The report, drawn up by a special council management team, says drastic measures are needed to stop the decline.
143. Few in the scientific community would argue that the scientific evidence justifies immediate extremely drastic action.
144. He is in favor of drastic cuts in social spending in order to balance the budget.
145. C., making drastic cuts in Medicare reimbursement unlikely for now.
146. On a tough Oxford estate drastic measures were needed to prevent further damage.
147. She wondered what the advertising people had in mind for her and hoped it wouldn't be anything too drastic.
148. But the emotional impact of drastic life changes can never be wholly sorted out in advance.
149. I was too numbed still to take in the situation and to realize fully the drastic change in my life.
150. Such drastic outcomes may never come to pass.
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