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drastic
What does drastic mean?
drastic (adjective): forceful and extreme and rigorous.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use drastic in a sentence?
- Drastic measures. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce drastic?
/ˈdɹæstɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does drastic come from?
From Ancient Greek δραστικός (drastikós, “active, efficient”), from δρᾶσις (drâsis, “strength, efficacy”), itself from δράω (dráō, “to do”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “drastic” mean?
forceful and extreme and rigorous
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distant or otherwise inaccessible
Not quite: that's what remote means.
concerning all parts of the world
Not quite: that's what global means.
not divided or shared with others
Not quite: that's what exclusive means.
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