drastic change
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdrasticandchange
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drastic
adjective
uk/ˈdræs.tɪk/us/ˈdræs.tɪk/
(especially of actions) severe and sudden or having very ...
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change
noun
uk/tʃeɪndʒ/us/tʃeɪndʒ/
the act of becoming different, or the result of something ...
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(Definition ofdrasticandchangefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It was adrasticchangefrom the sheer indifference that was prevalent until 2000.
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Evolution of the sub-sheet at phase 2, until it reaches a quasi-static state, also involves adrasticchangeof its two-dimensional structure.
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A slight change in the geometry causes adrasticchangein the shape and position of the interaction region.
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His father, stepmother, and brothers were devastated by hisdrasticchangeof condition and feared for his life.
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Thedrasticchangein the spectrum is attributed to efficient collisional heating and collisional ionization of growing, small- to medium-sized 10 2 -10 3 atoms!
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Indeed, contemporaries noted adrasticchangein their way of life in the second half of the 1930s.
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Note the abrupt alteration of the relative phase between the laser electric field and v during the passage through the resonances and the correspondingdrasticchangein the absorbed energy.
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Siegfried has proven a malleable hero, because his actions and the events against which he performs can also be subject todrasticchange.
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There is adrasticchangetaking place in the balance of power.
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In everything from accountancy onwards there has been radical anddrasticchange, and not always by any means for the better.
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There will be nodrasticchange, therefore, when effect is given to the provisions of this clause.
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Why is it necessary to make thisdrasticchange?
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That will require a fundamental anddrasticchangein the overall economic strategy.
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I am not suggesting any sudden,drasticchange, but a recognition that changes in the pattern of our economy must come.
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There will be no economic recovery until there has been adrasticchangeof policy.
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What is the urgent requirement for such adrasticchange?
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It is capable of much improvement without anydrasticchange.
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I do not think that there is a call for such adrasticchange, nor is there any proof that it would provide better government.
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