drastic remedy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdrasticandremedy
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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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remedy
noun[C]
uk/ˈrem.ə.di/us/ˈrem.ə.di/
a successful way of curing an illness or dealing with a problem ...
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(Definition ofdrasticandremedyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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To drop metaphor, and to speak frankly, the present situation is quite intolerable and requiresdrasticremedy.
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A far moredrasticremedymay be necessary here.
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You can stop a man from having measles quite efficiently by cutting off his head; the difficulty is that it is rather adrasticremedy.
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Gentleman's somewhatdrasticremedywas to prohibit the importation of potatoes at a certain period of the year.
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That vicious circle must be broken by somedrasticremedy, or some change of conditions; only so will the patient be restored to health.
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Thatdrasticremedyis not available in relation to the single currency.
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Congestion has not its source in obstruction; it is more deeply seated, and demands a moredrasticremedythan has hitherto been applied.
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This would be a verydrasticremedy, and one which should only be employed in the very last resort.
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The time is not now ripe for the moredrasticremedyof surgery.
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That is adrasticremedywhich chief officers of police would be most reluctant to apply.
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You would not desire adrasticremedywhich took away from the ordinary civilian the safeguards in procedure which the law provided for him.
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You would not desire adrasticremedywhich might bring conviction to a possibly innocent man.
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If no act of adultery is committed, then it is blatant perjury, and there is available to the court a verydrasticremedyfor dealing with that situation.
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I regret that, in this area, we have only got as far as providing support in small doses, when what is required is adrasticremedy.
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It is astonishing that the public conscience should apparently have permitted it to continue for all these years without insisting on some very much moredrasticremedy.
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They will see who issued the certificate, and there is thedrasticremedythat that garage may be removed from the list of garages allowed to test vehicles.
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Even if we did decide to apply in certain areas thedrasticremedyof a transfer of population, in other districts minorities must inevitably still remain.
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Following that path would result in closing the plant, however, and the court sought to avoid thatdrasticremedy.
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This is adrasticremedyand a departure from the common law.
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This is adrasticremedyindeed.
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