drastic decrease

collocation in English

meaningsofdrasticanddecrease

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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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decrease
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈdiː.kriːs/us
/ˈdiː.kriːs/
a ...
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(Definition ofdrasticanddecreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In healthy women, circulating ghrelin exhibited adrasticdecreaseafter the food intake whereas, in bulimic patients, this response was significantly blunted.
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However, there is adrasticdecreasein performance when the dimensionality of the vectors drops below 1,000.
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These two species were common in the study seasons, although in the second year there was adrasticdecreasein visitation rate.
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Conch are being fished beyond capacity for sustainable yield, resulting in adrasticdecreasein catch.
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These campaigns induced adrasticdecreasein the incidence of rabies and the elimination of the disease from 80 % of the initially infected area.
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In fully ionized matter, adrasticdecreaseof recombination rates causes the increase of the projectile charge and consequently causes the ion stopping power to rise.
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But there has been no verydrasticdecreasein the percentage.
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But has this not been followed by adrasticdecreasein investment and an even more catastrophic fall in production?
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Between 1962 and 1973 there has been adrasticdecreasein the number of youngsters entering apprenticeship training.
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Here we discuss true stress in order to account for thedrasticdecreasein diameter in this tensile test.
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The result is adrasticdecreasein the overall average speed of these trains.
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This action was a result of thedrasticdecreasein pilot production.
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However, unbalanced fishery led to thedrasticdecreaseof catch in 19551963, sometimes to 1,600 tonnes per year.
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Destruction of their habitat and their avoidance of human proximity have led to thedrasticdecreaseof their population.
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The war caused adrasticdecreasein male enrollment and by 1943, the university canceled dances and formals, citing the lack of male students.
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This is the probable cause for thedrasticdecreasein the number and size of settlements starting around this time.
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In the latter case, thedrasticdecreasein pressure as the liquid accelerates into a larger volume induces cavitation.
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In other words, the total share of carpet in non-oil exports had declined from 44.2 percent to 4.2 percent; adrasticdecrease.
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This was, however, accompanied by adrasticdecreasein princely authority, and a decline of state resources.
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By the 1860s, smallpox epidemics had virtually ended tribal warfare, due to thedrasticdecreasein population.
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