Vocabulary
Drastic
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect; radical and extreme.
Urdu meaning
سخت، انتہا پسندی سے، قوت سے
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Given such drastic variations in altitude, a bout of intense rainfall can generate torrents of unimaginable potency.
- The sugar crisis marked by drastic retail price increases and domestic shortages due to exports in 2020 under the Imran Khan administration had led an inquiry commission that came to similar conclusions.
- A striking example of this shift is the drastic reduction in visa duration, which has been slashed to just one month, foreing journalists into a never-ending cycle of costly, uncertain and often unprocessed in time visa renewals.
- A number of drastic steps have been proposed over the past few months which could significantly alter the economics of solar power for end users, yet their implementation is surrounded by uncertainty.
- However, recent months have seen a drastic shift: since April over 200,000 undocumented Afghans have been forced to leave the country amid intensified deportation drives.
Synonyms
extreme, serious, forceful, desperate, dire, radical, far-reaching
Curator example
“a drastic reduction of staffing levels”
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