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She says they need to do something drastic to bring back the romance.What happened to him that he took such a drastic step?And her whirlwind rise to national sweetheart is not the only drastic change she has undergone this year.They needed to make a drastic change - or the music would stop.The company took drastic action, launching a $10bn fundraising plan.Ironically, employees who receive more generous termination packages will see a far less drastic reduction in their take-home pay. Something drastic happened internally.Suggest to your parents they get advice before they do anything so drastic.There are less drastic routes to becoming temporarily enhanced.This might have forced him to take this drastic step.There would be a drastic reduction in court costs and maybe a reduction in crime by foreigners.Unless something drastic happens that is likely to be the case again.After the wedding we decided it was time for drastic action.There is a case for more drastic surgery.We must act now to make the drastic changes required to provide the care they deserve.She decided to take drastic action after two years of failed applications.Can you think of anything less drastic?Other less drastic remedies look more likely.She must have been very disturbed to take such a drastic step.There will be scope for a drastic reduction in price as a result of their introduction.The hen weekend forced me to do something pretty drastic.But surgery is a drastic way to go.Her fear drives her to take a drastic measure such as starvation.Home education is much less drastic than people imagine.The first essential is a drastic reduction in its operations. Something far more drastic was also happening and the plane was out of control.The Tories are not proposing anything so drastic here.It's time to consider drastic action.Unemployment is at 23 per cent and its government has brought in a raft of drastic economic measures.

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drastic

British English: drastic /ˈdræstɪk/ ADJECTIVE
A drastic course of action is extreme and is usually taken urgently.
He's not going to do anything drastic about economic policy.
  • American English: drastic
  • Arabic: عَنيف
  • Brazilian Portuguese: drástico
  • Chinese: 迅猛的
  • Croatian: drastičan
  • Czech: drastický
  • Danish: drastisk
  • Dutch: drastisch
  • European Spanish: drástico
  • Finnish: jyrkkä
  • French: radical
  • German: drastisch
  • Greek: δραστικός
  • Italian: drastico
  • Japanese: 思い切った
  • Korean: 과감한
  • Norwegian: drastisk
  • Polish: drastyczny
  • European Portuguese: drástico
  • Romanian: drastic
  • Russian: радикальный
  • Latin American Spanish: drástico
  • Swedish: drastisk
  • Thai: รุนแรงมาก
  • Turkish: zorlayıcı
  • Ukrainian: радикальний
  • Vietnamese: mạnh mẽ

Chinese translation of 'drastic'

drastic

(ˈdræstɪk)

adj

  1. [measure, step etc] 严(嚴)厉(厲)的 (yánlì de)
  2. [change, reduction] 剧(劇)烈的 (jùliè de)
(adjective) 
Definition
strong and severe
Drastic measures are needed.
Synonyms
extreme
The scheme was rejected as being too extreme.
strong
She is known to hold strong views on Cuba.
radical
periods of radical change
desperate
Troops are needed to get food to people in desperate need.
severe
a business with severe cash flow problems
harsh
harsh laws governing the behaviour of ordinary citizens
dire
We found ourselves in a dire predicament.
forceful
This is a forceful argument for joining them.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of desperate
Definition
very grave
Troops are needed to get food to people in desperate need.
Synonyms
grave,
great,
pressing,
serious,
critical,
acute,
severe,
extreme,
urgent,
dire,
drastic,
very grave
in the sense of dire
Definition
disastrous, urgent, or terrible
We found ourselves in a dire predicament.
Synonyms
desperate,
pressing,
crying,
critical,
terrible,
crucial,
alarming,
extreme,
awful,
appalling,
urgent,
cruel,
horrible,
disastrous,
grim,
dreadful,
gloomy,
fearful (informal),
dismal,
drastic,
catastrophic,
ominous,
horrid (informal),
woeful,
ruinous,
calamitous,
cataclysmic,
portentous,
godawful (slang),
exigent,
bodeful
in the sense of forceful
Definition
effective
This is a forceful argument for joining them.
Synonyms
powerful,
strong,
convincing,
effective,
compelling,
persuasive,
weighty,
pithy,
cogent,
telling

Synonyms of 'drastic'

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