drastic
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Line breaks: dras|tic
Pronunciation: /ˈdrastɪk/
Definition of drastic in English:
adjective
Likely to have a strong or far-reachingeffect; radical and extreme:a drastic reduction of staffing levels
Origin
Late 17th century (originally applied to the effect of medicine): from Greek drastikos, from dran ‘do’.
Words that rhyme with drastic
bombastic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, encomiastic, enthusiastic, fantastic, gymnastic, iconoclastic, mastic, monastic, neoplastic, orgastic, orgiastic, periphrastic, plastic, pleonastic, sarcastic, scholastic, scholiastic
