dramatic decrease

collocation in English

meaningsofdramaticanddecrease

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dramatic
adjective
uk
/drəˈmæt.ɪk/us
/drəˈmæt̬.ɪk/
very sudden or noticeable, or full of action ...
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decrease
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdiː.kriːs/us
/ˈdiː.kriːs/
a ...
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(Definition ofdramaticanddecreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is evidence of an almost complete abandonment of urban construction and adramaticdecreasein population during that time.
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Despite thedramaticdecreasein violence, many residents complained that some conditions had worsened as the traffickers weakened.
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For priming times longer than 2 d, particularly for osmopriming, there was a verydramaticdecreasein germination of the treated seeds.
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The second evidence is thedramaticdecreaseof the g-ray signal when the 1.0-mm foil is moved out of the best focus of the laser focusing optics.
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By the following morning there had already been adramaticdecreasein the edema and the swelling of the head and neck and disappearance of the distended neck vessels.
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In this case, trade has pulled the high-saving country into a "poverty trap" with adramaticdecrease in capital accumulation and a correspondingly large welfare deterioration for its residents.
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Caregiver analysis revealed that their speech to children displays adramaticdecreasein vernacular variants compared to adult-adult speech.
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Extension of agricultural lands, deforestation, poaching and droughts provoked adramaticdecreaseof their number in the following years, resulting in the 63 individuals identified by this study.
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Set against this, there was adramaticdecreasein informal-care sector costs (virtually to zero).
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Divorce often leads to adramaticdecreasein the standard of living for women and children.
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In fact, the countries outside the euro area have suffered the most from thedramaticdecreasein investments and rising unemployment.
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That is adramaticdecreasewhich should worry us all.
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They have also enjoyed greater freedom to fix pay levels and that has contributed to thedramaticdecreasein youth unemployment.
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Making the acquisition of spray paint more difficult would certainly result in an immediate anddramaticdecreasein instances of graffiti.
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The civilian work force in that naval base is now fewer than 1,000, which is adramaticdecrease.
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We can, therefore, see that there has been adramaticdecreasein syphilis in the early 1950s and subsequently a tendency to decrease more slowly.
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First, the so-calleddramaticdecreasein mortality rates for breast cancer began shortly before the drop in pesticide exposure.
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