drastic revision

collocation in English

meaningsofdrasticandrevision

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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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revision
noun
uk
/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən/us
/rɪˈvɪʒ.ən/
a change that is made to something, or the process of ...
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(Definition ofdrasticandrevisionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Enriching an account of rationality to cover such preparation helps explain successful coordination withoutdrasticrevisionof the principles for reasoning in games.
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The licensing laws are completely obsolescent and requiredrasticrevision.
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Then the law needsdrasticrevisionwith regard to peaceful picketing, which has grown into a terrible form of intimidation.
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We shall certainly look fordrasticrevisionof this.
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If so, it is due fordrasticrevisionto provide sense rather than nonsense.
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The fact is that we need to have adrasticrevisionof our taxation policy, covering both taxation on corporations and direct personal taxation.
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Those figures could not be changed without adrasticrevisionof the assumptions on which that bargain was based.
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We want adrasticrevisionof the system of medical referees.
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While nodrasticrevisionis contemplated or would appear to be required the conditions are at the present time in course of revision.
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To take one example, suppose it felt that the interests of the area demanded a reallydrasticrevisionof the railway timetables in that area.
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I submit that the quotas and the law are in urgent need ofdrasticrevision.
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The second objection is that the law of conspiracy is in need ofdrasticrevision, that there are numerous objectionable aspects to it.
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The system has grown up over the years and needsdrasticrevision.
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Expansion of the agenda anddrasticrevisionof the treaties would bring with it a risk of de-stabilisation.
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I am not fully convinced that adrasticrevisionof the law is called for.
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Already there is adrasticrevisionof the form of headquarters structure in the central region.
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We want adrasticrevisionof the statutes.
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Changes in recent times have emphasised the need fordrasticrevision.
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They will try out this verydrasticrevisionof the organisation and see how it works.
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Clearly, the whole future of the alliance is in need ofdrasticrevision, and some tentative recognition of this is reported in today's newspapers.
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