drastic decrease
collocation in Englishmeanings of drastic and decrease
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drastic
adjective
uk
/ˈdræs.tɪk/us
/ˈdræs.tɪk/
(especially of actions) severe and sudden or having very ...
(Definition of drastic and decrease from the Cambridge English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of drastic decrease
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In healthy women, circulating ghrelin exhibited a drastic decrease after the food intake whereas, in bulimic patients, this response was significantly blunted.
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However, there is a drastic decrease in performance when the dimensionality of the vectors drops below 1,000.
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These two species were common in the study seasons, although in the second year there was a drastic decrease in visitation rate.
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Conch are being fished beyond capacity for sustainable yield, resulting in a drastic decrease in catch.
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These campaigns induced a drastic decrease in the incidence of rabies and the elimination of the disease from 80 % of the initially infected area.
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In fully ionized matter, a drastic decrease of recombination rates causes the increase of the projectile charge and consequently causes the ion stopping power to rise.
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But there has been no very drastic decrease in the percentage.
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But has this not been followed by a drastic decrease in investment and an even more catastrophic fall in production?
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Between 1962 and 1973 there has been a drastic decrease in the number of youngsters entering apprenticeship training.
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Here we discuss true stress in order to account for the drastic decrease in diameter in this tensile test.
The result is a drastic decrease in the overall average speed of these trains.
This action was a result of the drastic decrease in pilot production.
However, unbalanced fishery led to the drastic decrease of catch in 19551963, sometimes to 1,600 tonnes per year.
Destruction of their habitat and their avoidance of human proximity have led to the drastic decrease of their population.
The war caused a drastic decrease in male enrollment and by 1943, the university canceled dances and formals, citing the lack of male students.
This is the probable cause for the drastic decrease in the number and size of settlements starting around this time.
In the latter case, the drastic decrease in pressure as the liquid accelerates into a larger volume induces cavitation.
In other words, the total share of carpet in non-oil exports had declined from 44.2 percent to 4.2 percent; a drastic decrease.
This was, however, accompanied by a drastic decrease in princely authority, and a decline of state resources.
By the 1860s, smallpox epidemics had virtually ended tribal warfare, due to the drastic decrease in population.
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said when you want to say something good about yourself, but do not want to seem to think you are too important
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