drastic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: drastic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for drastic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drastic adj forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Drastic \Dras"tic\, a. [Gr. [?], fr. [?] to do, act: cf. F. drastique. See {Drama}.] (Med.) Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to {bland}; as, drastic purgatives. -- n. (Med.) A violent purgative. See {Cathartic}.