drastic

[Dras·tic]

Something that is drastic is violent, forceful, and extreme. If you are saving for a car and you only have $50, you need to make a drastic change to your money accumulation scheme.

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Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives.

Adjective S.
forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"


a.
Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives.

n.
A violent purgative. See Cathartic.


Drastic

Dras"tic , a. [Gr. , fr. to do, act: cf. F. drastique. See Drama.] (Med.) Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives. -- n. (Med.) A violent purgative. See Cathartic.

Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives.

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Usage Examples

I'm not asking any of you to make drastic changes to every single one of your recipes or to totally change the way you do business. But what I am asking is that you consider reformulating your menu in pragmatic and incremental ways to create healthier versions of the foods that we all love.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

As a teacher you can see the difference in kids who have parents who were involved. That difference, by the time these kids get to the third grade, is drastic.

It's important to still look like yourself on your wedding day, so I didn't do anything drastic.

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