drastic increase

collocation in English

meaningsofdrasticandincrease

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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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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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(Definition ofdrasticandincreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Modeling the geometry of these irregularities would normally require adrasticincreasein mesh resolution and corresponding computation time.
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Second,drasticincreasein the events involving collective action.
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To meet the needs of the war there was adrasticincreasein all rates of taxation.
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However, to avoid adrasticincreasein the number of possible terms, phrases are usually domain dependent and manually provided.
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The intensity of the popular response to monopoly seemed to relate directly to thedrasticincreasein the number of industrial combinations formed after 1887.
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Thedrasticincreasein eavesdropping devices is in inverse proportion to their judicial effectiveness.
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To discourage smoking, especially amongst young people, adrasticincreasein tobacco prices would be the ideal measure.
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The council is particularly concerned with two developments in the near future which will call for a reallydrasticincreasein road construction.
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Adrasticincreasemust be made before the system will give any real benefit.
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The loss of this bulk traffic could mean either the reduction or abolition of rural deliveries or adrasticincreasein price.
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It will not be adrasticincrease, because we do not want to invoke the law of diminishing returns.
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The increase will be phased and limited to 50p a year; but this is still adrasticincreasein a particularly sensitive price.
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There will be an even moredrasticincrease.
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Yet adrasticincreaseof investment is an almost absolute prerequisite of increasing productivity and income.
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Conservative councils would be faced with either adrasticincreasein the rates or a drastic cut in their expansion programmes.
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We need adrasticincreasein the number of those admitted to the training colleges.
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This cannot fail to lead to adrasticincrease.
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Some opponents have suggested that there will be adrasticincreasein the number of divorces.
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Special regard must be given to thedrasticincreasein single-occupancy homes which can and should be accommodated in cities and towns.
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On the narrower economic field we need adrasticincreasein investment to accelerate growth.
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