drastic measure
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdrasticandmeasure
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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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measure
noun
uk/ˈmeʒ.ər/us/ˈmeʒ.ɚ/
a way of achieving something, or a method for dealing with ...
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(Definition ofdrasticandmeasurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdrastic measure
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It was adrasticmeasuretaken in desperate circumstances.
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But he was supported in thisdrasticmeasureonly by a few elderly kayasthas (among whom quite a few were women).
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Chiluba refused to do so as, according to him, there was no reason to take such adrasticmeasure.
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I hope that no suchdrasticmeasurewill be required.
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It is a mostdrasticmeasureto pass.
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From the point of view of any constitutional lawyer it is indeed adrasticmeasure.
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This cut is adrasticmeasurefor a programme that has benefits for both consumer and producer alike.
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I am not yet satisfied that the circumstances call for such adrasticmeasure.
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This is in some ways a moredrasticmeasurethan a capital levy.
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I was one of three who voted for a much moredrasticmeasurethan we have now got.
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I admit that it is a mostdrasticmeasure.
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Why should these things have been introduced, to add to the difficulty of passing adrasticmeasureof this character?
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That is a verydrasticmeasurebut, where appropriate, it should be enforced.
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That does involve adrasticmeasureof industrial disarmament.
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Is it their intention to bring in adrasticmeasureto deal with profiteering?
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Therefore, is thisdrasticmeasurereally justified by the circumstances?
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We accept that clamping is adrasticmeasure— just as towing away is adrasticmeasure—and that once people have paid their fines, they want to get their cars back.
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When that return is obtained it will be realised what a dead weight there is on the harbours, which will have to be relieved by some verydrasticmeasure.
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This is a mostdrasticmeasure.
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My judgment was that this was not a sufficiently important national interest for us to use thatdrasticmeasurewhich has been so seldom used in the past.
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