drastic

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Prosecutors fired back, saying a court filing that "even if the defendants' constitutional rights were violated -- which they were not -- dismissal of the indictment would be far too drastic a remedy."

From Barron's

Oologists, the fancy name for egg collectors, went to especially drastic lengths.

From The Wall Street Journal

“But you’re stuck with your facial geometry and your fingerprint for life unless you take drastic measures like burning your fingerprints off,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is a time when a good financial adviser should be trying to talk you out of taking drastic action, not urging you into it.

From The Wall Street Journal

Magnusson opposed drastic efforts to resist aging: “Plastic surgery does not make you look younger—to me it just makes you look like you have had plastic surgery.”

From The Wall Street Journal