Drastic

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  • adjective. Extreme in effect; severe or radical.
  • adjective. Acting rapidly or violently.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Effective; efficacious; powerful; acting with force or violence; vigorous: as, a drastic cathartic. Compare cathartic, adjective
  • noun. A medicine which speedily and effectually purges.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Extreme, severe.
  • adjective. Acting rapidly or violently.
  • adjective. Extremely severe or extensive.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. forceful and extreme and rigorous
    • Word Usage
    "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."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    bland  
    Equivalent
    forceful  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    anaplastic  bombastic  desmoplastic  dynastic  ecclesiastic  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abrupt  adverse  arbitrary  comprehensive  controversial  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Draconian  acute  cutting  desperate  dire  
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