Drastic
Drastic adjective - Forceful and extreme and rigorous.
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Violent and drastic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Violent" instead an adjective "Drastic".
Nearby Word: drastically
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- Without a loved one or trusted friend holding a Key Stone to stabilize the process, Mega Evolution induces drastic and violent personality shifts in the user.
Source: Roleplay / Pokemon Universe RP - Throughout the episode, the 400-year-old main character John Amsterdam flashes back to an incident that happened when he was an army surgeon in the American Civil War, and a patient whose leg he had to amputate took drastic and violent action.
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Further exemplified in how Walternate is sane, yet is much more willing to take violent, drastic measures.
Source: Series / Fringe
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