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drastic
Part of speech: AdjectiveActing rapidly and violently; as, a drastic remedy; powerful; vigorous.
Usage examples "drastic":- The defiant challenge of the beginning has no savor of the scorn and drastic mockery of its fore- runner. - "Chopin: The Man and His Music", James Huneker.
- The drastic treatment accorded to her cold seemed to have done it good. - "Hilda Lessways", Arnold Bennett.
- The ex- Huguenot and indomitable campaigner in the field or in politics was for more drastic measures. - "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete", John Lothrop Motley.