Literary notes about drastic (AI summary)
In literature, "drastic" is used to emphasize actions or changes that are profound and far-reaching. The term often appears when authors wish to signal that measures, reforms, or interventions are not only significant but also potentially irreversible. For instance, it describes sweeping political reforms and severe societal shifts [1][2], as well as powerful therapeutic agents with strong, immediate effects [3][4]. By invoking the sense of urgency and intensity, "drastic" underscores moments where moderation has been abandoned in favor of transformative, often radical, action [5][6].
- But even these drastic conditions did not satisfy the draftsman of the Constitution.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Called by the King to be [pg.178] virtually a civic dictator, this great statesman carried out the most drastic reforms.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose - [An impure copper sulphide.—E. C. K.] 121 Condensed juice of the seeds of the momordica elaterium, a bitter, irritating, and drastic substance.
— from A History of Dentistry from the most Ancient Times until the end of the Eighteenth Century by Vincenzo Guerini - This oil is a drastic purgative, and a powerful local irritant and rubefacient.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson - A drastic and thoroughgoing child-labor law should be enacted for the District of Columbia and the Territories.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents - Not only does this policy of the law foster immorality, but immorality increases in proportion as the law becomes more drastic.
— from Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information by Lilyan Stratton
