drastic solution
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdrasticandsolution
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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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solution
noun
uk/səˈluː.ʃən/us/səˈluː.ʃən/
the answer to ...
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(Definition ofdrasticandsolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A lessdrasticsolution, which we leave for further work, would be to allow the simultaneous redefinition of an abstract type together with all its primitives.
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A moredrasticsolutionwould be so to increase the basic pension as to phase out the earnings-related pension altogether.
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I have adrasticsolutionto the bus problem.
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My noble friend proposes the mostdrasticsolutionto achieve the ends that he seeks.
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That is rather like capital punishment—a somewhatdrasticsolution.
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Although many people would readily agree to thatdrasticsolutionit cannot be advanced as a civilised or practical proposition.
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I should have thought that a moredrasticsolutionwas called for, even to the point of deferring the operation of the scheme.
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That is adrasticsolutionthat perhaps we would not want to contemplate in a general context, but, given these circumstances, is it not one that we must face?
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The choice, therefore, must be to reduce the losses or to adopt the moredrasticsolutionsought by the company and eliminate the losses by cutting out the factory.
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There was a further difficulty in proceeding to more drastic solutions.
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I am in favour of drastic solutions and local planning committees.
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Time is running out, and drastic remedies are needed for drastic solutions.
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We did not consider it right to assign the area the same priority as the development areas where the problems faced are such as to require more drastic solutions.
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This has required some drastic solutions using steel arches and several feet of shotcrete.
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