The invention of TV caused a drastic change in our daily life.
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Drastic
//ˈdɹæs.tɪk//
Synonyms for "drastic" (42 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (21)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 25 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- drasties adj (extreme, severe)
Armenian
3 entries- արմատական adj (extreme, severe)
- կտրուկ adj (extreme, severe)
- վճռական adj (extreme, severe)
Asturian
1 entries- drásticu adj (extreme, severe)
Bulgarian
1 entries- драстичен adj (extreme, severe)
Catalan
1 entries- dràstic adj (extreme, severe)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 大刀闊斧 /大刀阔斧 adj (extreme, severe)
Czech
1 entries- drastický adj (extreme, severe)
Dutch
1 entries- drastisch adj (extreme, severe)
Esperanto
2 entries- drasta adj (extreme, severe)
- radikala adj (extreme, severe)
Finnish
3 entries- drastinen adj (extreme, severe)
- radikaali adj (extreme, severe)
- äärimmäinen adj (extreme, severe)
French
3 entries- draconien adj (extreme, severe)
- drastique adj (extreme, severe)
- énergique adj (extreme, severe)
Galician
1 entries- drástico adj (extreme, severe)
German
1 entries- drastisch adj (extreme, severe)
Hebrew
1 entries- דרסטי adj (extreme, severe)
Hungarian
1 entries- drasztikus adj (extreme, severe)
Ido
1 entries- drastika adj (extreme, severe)
Indonesian
1 entries- drastis adj (extreme, severe)
Italian
1 entries- drastico adj (extreme, severe)
Occitan
1 entries- drastic adj (extreme, severe)
Polish
1 entries- drastyczny adj (extreme, severe)
Portuguese
1 entries- drástico adj (extreme, severe)
Russian
4 entries- глубо́кий adj (extreme, severe)
- интенсивный adj (extreme, severe)
- невероя́тный adj (extreme, severe)
- радикальный adj (extreme, severe)
Spanish
1 entries- drástico adj (extreme, severe)
Swedish
1 entries- drastisk adj (extreme, severe)
Turkish
1 entries- köklü adj (extreme, severe)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Without a moment's hesitation, they took drastic action against the conspiracy.
Source: tatoeba (40497)
The Congressman broke the news of conspiracy and made no bones about taking drastic action against it.
Source: tatoeba (47837)
Such drastic economic growth cannot be sustained.
Source: tatoeba (49796)
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