In a sentence
Six example sentences with drastic, each labelled with its topic.
Cutting to a single meal a day is a drastic change that most people abandon within about three weeks.
Fitness
The council took the drastic step of closing every downtown street to cars for an entire summer.
Politics
The patch made drastic cuts to healing, and half the guilds rebuilt their entire raid roster in one weekend.
Gaming
The central bank's drastic rate increase of three points in one meeting stunned markets and stalled the housing boom.
Economics
Meeting the target would require drastic cuts in emissions, beginning with the closure of every coal plant by 2035.
Environment
The coach made a drastic change at halftime, benching two starters and switching to a full-court press.
Basketball
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Found in 4 published word lists
- University Word List (Xue & Nation 1984)Authoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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