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drastic

[ dras-tik ]

/ ˈdræs tɪk /

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adjective

acting with force or violence; violent.

extremely severe or extensive: a drastic tax-reduction measure.

Origin of drastic

1685–95; < Greek drastikós active, equivalent to drast(ós) (verbal adjective of drân to do) + -ikos -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM drastic

dras·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby drastic

drapeau, draper, drapery, drapes, drappie, drastic, drat, dratted, draught, draughtboard, draughts

Example sentences from the Web for drastically

Journalists are leaving Kabul, embassies are downsizing, and donors are quietly and drastically scaling back.

The West Made Lots of Promises to Afghan Girls, Now It’s Breaking Them |Heather Barr |October 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Similarly, the results of this study should not drastically increase your intake of Indian food.

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“The making of couture clothes is changing so drastically that I feel like I am preserving its history,” she says.

Tatiana Sorokko Is the Queen of Vintage Couture |Anthony Haden-Guest |October 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Servers and restaurant owners occasionally shame those who drastically under-tip.

Online Shaming Gives Creeps the Spotlight They Deserve |Samantha Allen |September 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But there are drastically fewer forces left in Europe available to be called upon in such an event.

The Pentagon Isn’t Ready for a New Cold War |Jacob Siegel |March 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Supposing Aunt M'riar was to go up and collar Dave and fetch him down, drastically!

When Ghost Meets Ghost |William Frend De Morgan
Why was I, so drastically different from them, chosen as a guard?

Man of Many Minds |E. Everett Evans
That is the reason why a strict censorship in time of war is not only useful, but essentially and drastically necessary.

Hilaire Belloc |C. Creighton Mandell
There were dangerous and explosive words, like Peace, War, and Freedom which the censor dealt with drastically.

What Not |Rose Macaulay
But here on the heights the conditions were drastically unlike the lowland tropic moisture.

Nightmare Planet |Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for drastically

drastic

/ (ˈdræstɪk) /

adjective

extreme or forceful; severe

Derived forms of drastic

drastically, adverb

Word Origin for drastic

C17: from Greek drastikos, from dran to do, act