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Synonyms for draconian
dreɪˈkoʊ ni ən, drə-; -ˈkɒn ɪkdra·co·ni·an

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  1. draconian2

    Of or resembling a dragon

    Synonyms:
    dragonlike, draconic

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Draconianadjective

    of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws

    "Draconian measures"

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  1. List of paraphrases for "draconian":

    drastic, harsh, stringent, evil

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How to use draconian in a sentence?

  1. Glenn Youngkin:

    The fact that businesses are still dealing with COVID-19 related penalties and fines is infuriating, livelihoods are on the line. In the previous administration, we saw our government shut down businesses, close our schools, and separate us from each other. While we can’t undo the damage done during the Northam administration, we are taking action going forward to end COVID-era draconian overreach.

  2. Mehmet Oz:

    I have discussed it with President Trump and we can not move on, as all the other candidates up here have outlined, under the cover of Covid there were draconian changes made to our voting laws by Democratic leadership, and they have blocked appropriate reviews of some of those decisions. We have to be serious about what happened in 2020, and we won't be able to address that until we can really look under the hood.

  3. Anthony Fauci:

    I'd rather be on the single pill a day with very little toxicities than risk something as draconian as a transplant.

  4. Lee Gelernt:

    Taking a child away from their parent and interfering with the basic constitutional right to family unity, that's about the most draconian thing you can do and it needs the most compelling reason possible, deterrence is a policy measure that uses these children as pawns and violates the basic fundamental notion of what's in the child's best interest.

  5. Senator Shelby:

    I told our caucus yesterday that this will be draconian. They probably haven't thought about it much because they think we'll take care of it.


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