drastic
Something that is drastic is violent, forceful, and extreme. If you are saving for a car and you only have $50, you need to make a drastic change to your money accumulation scheme.
The word drastic comes from the Greek word for effective, but we use it to mean incredibly effective. If you want a drastic makeover, get rid of all your clothes, change your hair completely, and pick up a new way of speaking. Sometimes drastic action goes too far and so has bad consequences. A bankrupt company might make a drastic decision to fire the management without figuring out how to manage itself in the future.
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forceful and extreme and rigorous“drastic measures”synonyms:forcefulcharacterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)
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Originally a radio play before being adapted to film and the stage, Lucille Fletcher tells the story of a woman who overhears a murder being planned on the phone.
When his little brother is diagnosed with leukemia, Steven's normal teenage life is thrown into chaos.
In this sequel to The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta are forced to participate in the Quarter Quell, while unrest in the districts of Panem threatens the Capitol. Learn these words from Suzanne Collins' popular trilogy.