Drastic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Severe or radical in nature; extreme: the drastic measure of amputating the entire leg; drastic social change brought about by the French Revolution.
  • adj. Taking effect violently or rapidly: a drastic emetic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Extreme, severe.
  • adj. Acting rapidly or violently.
  • adj. Extremely severe or extensive.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Effective; efficacious; powerful; acting with force or violence; vigorous: as, a drastic cathartic. Compare cathartic, adjective
  • n. A medicine which speedily and effectually purges.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. forceful and extreme and rigorous
  • Equivalent
    forceful   
    Antonym
    bland   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    efficacious    powerful   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stringent    effectual    disastrous    radical    far-reaching    speedy    immediate    adverse    arbitrary    comprehensive