Synonyms for drastic
ˈdræs tɪkdras·tic

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1. drasticadjective

   forceful and extreme and rigorous

   "drastic measures"

   Antonyms:
   forceless, unforceful

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1. drasticadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Med.) powerful (as a purgative), active, efficacious

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1. List of paraphrases for "drastic":

   dramatic, radical, drastically, draconian, sharp, severe, dramatically, fierce

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1. DRASTIC

   Synonyms:
   Dutch Renal Artery Stenosis Intervention Cooperative Study

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1. Rajalingam Gunalan:

   Out of every 10 fishermen I have surveyed, 7 to 8 have been complaining of a drastic drop in their daily catch. Once this survey is completed, the government is planning to introduce aquaculture (freshwater fish farming) as a viable alternative livelihood for fishermen here.

2. Dara Cooper:

   We talk about the wrongs of the USDA as if it were in the past, but the reality is that they still continue, so there has to be some drastic overhaul.

3. Leon Rodriguez:

   A lot of this really depends on how this actually translates in the field, i think this could be seen as some mild tightening to sort of incrementally tighten the process, but depending on how this is taken in the field, it could amount to a drastic tightening.

4. Joanne Cohoon:

   The need (for women) is drastic.

5. Denise Bennett:

   When I realized the short amount of time that she had been on the job, and the drastic decision that was made, it just did not compute in my head, with the fact that there are so many things one can do if they think they have a nightmare supervisor, there's so many things that can be done. But for an entire police staff to make the choice to quit when they have agreed to protect and serve, rather than to use all of the things in front of them to change the situation... it just didn't make sense to me.