Drastic

['dræstɪk;'drɑː-] or ['dræstɪk]

Definition

(adj.) forceful and extreme and rigorous; 'drastic measures' .

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Definition

(a.) Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives.

(n.) A violent purgative. See Cathartic.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. (Med.) Powerful (as a purgative), active, efficacious.

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Definition

adj. active powerful.—n. a medicine that purges quickly or thoroughly.—adv. Dras′tically.

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