draconianadjective
uk/drəˈkəʊ.ni.ən/us/drəˈkoʊ.ni.ən/formalDraconian laws, government actions, etc. are extremely severe, or go further than what is right or necessary:
draconian laws/methods
He criticized the draconian measures taken by the police in controlling the demonstrators.
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Severe
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- austere
- authoritarian
- be heavy on sb idiom
- disciplinarian
- flinty
- hard
- heavy
- iron
- rigour
- roundly
- rule sth with an iron hand/fist idiom
- severe
- severely
- sharp
- stern
- strict
- strictly
- strictness
- take a hard line on sb/sth idiom
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