| drastic | adj drastik, mendadak; (of medicine) drastik: the government has taken ~ measures to curb inflation, kerajaan telah mengambil langkah-langkah yg drastik utk mengawal inflasi; ~ reductions in prices, penurunan harga yg drastik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| Gordian knot | n; cut the ~, menyelesaikan masalah dgn cara yg drastik. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| solidify | 3. (fig.) memantapkan: drastic measures to ~ his rules, langkah-langkah yg drastik utk memantapkan pemerintahannya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| expostulate | vi (fml), (with so.) berbantah; (about, on, against st) berhujah membantah; (in direct speech) membantah, bantahnya: she ~d with him about the consequences of such a drastic action, dia berbantah dengannya akibat tindakan drastik begitu; the Iraqi ambassador to the UN ~d about American interference in their internal affairs, duta Iraq ke PBB berhujah membantah campur tangan Amerika dlm hal-hal negaranya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |