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Meaning
Adj
●
Having a strong or
far-reaching
effect;
extreme
, severe.
●
Acting
rapidly
or violently.
Noun
●
A
powerful
,
fast-acting
purgative
medicine.
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Origin
drastic
English
δραστικός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
δρᾶσις
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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Severe
Catastrophic
Significant
Substantial
Extreme
Gradual
Abrupt
Radical
Serious
Profound
Controversial
Devastating
Harsh
Consequential
Complicated
Worrisome
Subtle
Remarkable
Dire
Rapid
Egregious
Precipitous
Disastrous
Massive
Sudden
Intense
Noticeable
Alarming
Shocking
Detrimental
Noticable
Unpredictable
Painful
Big
Huge
Onerous
Considerable
Momentous
Pronounced
Problematic
Disturbing
Negative
Powerful
Extensive
Surprising
Bad
Risky
Deadly
Irreversible
Monumental
Widespread
Costly
Overwhelming
Unprecedented
Strong
Immediate
Stark
Frequent
Dramatical
Sharp
Grave
Traumatic
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Rhymes
Mastic
Nastic
Plastic
Drastic
Spastic
Elastic
Clastic
Gelastic
Aclastic
Monastic
Dynastic
Silastic
Aplastic
Orgastic
Chiastic
Orgiastic
Unelastic
Sarcastic
Bombastic
Inelastic
Emplastic
Epinastic
Gymnastic
Onomastic
Fantastic
Peirastic
Agelastic
Stoquastic
Pleonastic
Scholastic
Anaplastic
Anaclastic
Chiliastic
Dysplastic
Epiblastic
Zooplastic
Docimastic
Synclastic
Stochastic
Epispastic
Homoplastic
Ectoblastic
Ceroplastic
Holoblastic
Nyctinastic
Antispastic
Hudibrastic
Alloplastic
Anticlastic
Pyroclastic
Cataclastic
Homoblastic
Autoplastic
Paederastic
Esemplastic
Encomiastic
Ectoplastic
Viscoelastic
Enthusiastic
Superplastic
Paraphrastic
Ecclesiastic
Holophrastic
Septoplastic
Cosmoplastic
Periphrastic
Hydroelastic
Palinspastic
Antiphrastic
Rhinoplastic
Iconoclastic
Trophoblastic
Heteroblastic
Heteroplastic
Thermoplastic
Galvanoplastic
Unenthusiastic
Antineoplastic
Achondroplastic
Spermatoblastic
Autoschediastic
Overenthusiastic
Septorhinoplastic
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