📚 Draconian, adjective. 🔉 /drəˈkəʊnɪən/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition: (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe. ❗️ Examples: 1. The Nazis destroyed the independence of the press by a series of draconian laws. 2. The penalty imposed by law is not draconian, and serves more as a reminder to perform a common sense action. 3. These hard facts indicate real motives behind enactment of this draconian law. 4. There was a time when I would have argued that our libel laws were draconian and should be amended. 5. It's about time we sorted a sensible compromise and not a draconian law. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic