drastic reduction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdrasticandreduction
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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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reduction
noun
uk/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/us/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/
the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, ...
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(Definition ofdrasticandreductionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdrastic reduction
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The aim of any new system should be to reduce profit windfalls without making adrasticreductionin the incentive effect of the current system.
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There was adrasticreductionof the state bureaucracy by the elimination of 15 ministries.
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Many of the scenes are so long that they can only appear in a conventional-size book by splicing of plates anddrasticreductionin size.
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The proportion of the relational words first shows a strong decrease, followed by a lessdrasticreduction.
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These figures again suggest adrasticreductionin the illegal sector.
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Thedrasticreductionof sugar production in the 1990s was accompanied by a sharp fall in the average annual volume of hand-cut cane.
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Thedrasticreductionin subsidies to the island's industry led to dramatic declines in output and employment.
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It allows thedrasticreductionof testing and verification time while requiring relatively little expertise in formal verification methods.
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Presumably, thisdrasticreductionin contrasts resulted in a situation in which language learners tended to treat adjectives as unmarked for case.
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In such situations avoiding repeated traversals may be worth using since on some examples it produces adrasticreductionin the number of inferences.
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I wonder if this brief period ofdrasticreductionin water content plays a similar role in onset of dormancy in seeds of many species.
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The removal by farmers of aquatic plants from the drainage furrows caused adrasticreductionin this snail population.
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For example, everyone could agree to adrasticreductionin alcohol levels for certain categories of drivers, such as those carrying dangerous loads.
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We also achieve adrasticreductionin the nitrogen oxides emitted by diesel vehicles.
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Many of them will go out of business because of thedrasticreductionin their income this year.
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The one side has called for adrasticreductionof the entry of male workers who are voucher holders.
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He went on to add that there must be somedrasticreductionin the number of societies.
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Certainly, in my view, there will have to be adrasticreductionin taxation.
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