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drastic

adjective as in severe, extreme

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The Treasury hinted heavily that changes would be made, but Reeves shied away from the more drastic option of scrapping VAT exemptions on the whole scheme entirely.

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Others — especially those unable to take the drastic steps Grasso has been able to — will deem the beauty of life in Topanga not worth the risk of getting trapped by flames.

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The Paris climate agreement signed in 2015 has the goal of limiting average global temperature rise to well below 2C and to strive for 1.5C to avert drastic climate change.

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This was an impressive performance and a drastic improvement from their 8-2 aggregate defeat by Barcelona in last season's semi-finals - but their lack of ruthlessness ultimately proved costly and denied them the victory they craved.

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It is a step that would not become mandatory in that part of Australia until 2010, but the change in policies led to a drastic drop in volunteers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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