draconian measure

collocation in English

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draconian
adjective
uk
/drəˈkəʊ.ni.ən/us
/drəˈkoʊ.ni.ən/
Draconian laws, government actions, etc. are extremely severe, or go further than what is right ...
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measure
noun
uk
/ˈmeʒ.ər/us
/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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I am sure that it is adraconianmeasure.
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We must deal with the problem but not impose adraconianmeasure.
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Will he explain how and by whom we are to be punished, and with whatdraconianmeasure?
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If unlimited penalties could be imposed under the article, it is adraconianmeasure.
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To apply this concept of super protection to all the 3,800 or more sites of special scientific interest would be adraconianmeasure.
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I am afraid that we have to accept that one man's moral code is another man'sdraconianmeasure.
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The alternative is not necessarily adraconianmeasure.
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Introducing a compulsory drug testing programme is a fairlydraconianmeasure.
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Thatdraconianmeasuremight actually lead to an increase in the risk to the public, and not a decrease, as we would all wish.
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It is adraconianmeasurethat confronts the problem full on.
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I would therefore regard a general ban on the use of pigswill for animal feed as an undulydraconianmeasure.
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Should not there be more flexibility rather than thedraconianmeasurein clause 70?
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It is draconian, but the crisis we face is of such magnitude that adraconianmeasureis justified.
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There is no intention for this to be adraconianmeasure, which it is not.
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A nil registration limit for the construction industry would be adraconianmeasurewith a vengeance.
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That seems to me an extremelydraconianmeasureto take.
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It seems to be a slightlydraconianmeasure.
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That is a very important anddraconianmeasure.
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It seems a somewhatdraconianmeasurein isolation.
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This is not somedraconianmeasurewhich will allow hearings and courtscarte blancheto deal with children as they see fit.
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