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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a drastic attack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a severe or extreme form of assault, criticism, or action against something or someone.
Example: "The politician faced a drastic attack from the media after the controversial statement he made."
Alternatives: "a severe assault" or "an intense criticism".
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The essential story, then, seems pretty clear: a drastic attack on council housing, which will become not just less secure, but restricted to an ever smaller share of the population, just when Britain's housing crisis has never been more acute.
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Representative Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington, said the Republican proposals amounted to "the most drastic attack on the unemployment system" in 75 years.
The "McAfee Threats Report" said that a rise in "hacktivism" from groups like Lulz Security, or LulzSec, and Anonymous, helped drive a drastic increase in online attacks in recent months.
The Coalition Support Funds technically offer reimbursement to Pakistan's military for its operations against terrorists, of which army officials often lament a lack of recognition – particularly given a drastic reduction in terrorist attacks within Pakistan since a campaign launched in 2014.
When ANC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it blamed the Sept. 11 attacks for a drastic decline in business.
The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) is a possible subcortical origin of this changes, suggesting that a migraine attack might be an attempt at a drastic resetting of the biological clock in response to its previous decompensation [4].
But to go further and suggest that the attack calls for a drastic reduction in the number of immigrants and foreign visitors would be irrational and counterproductive.
These days, it appears that oil prices have been pushed up by worries that Israel might attack Iran, leading to a drastic reduction in Iranian oil exports.
So far, among the other big financial firms, only Bank of New York is taking such a drastic and costly step as a direct response to the attack.
A drastic cull programme adopted in Hawaii after a spate of attacks between 1959-1976 in which 4,500 sharks were killed was deemed "ineffective" by authorities because shark attack numbers remained the same.
They called it "a drastic shift" toward using internet-of-things devices as hosts for attacks instead of traditional hosts, such as hijacked data center computers and computer routers in homes.
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