The phrase "massive drawdown" refers to a significant decrease or reduction in something, usually related to finances or investments. It means a large amount of money or assets has been lost or withdrawn quickly. Full definition
The other three occasions — the dot - come tech wreck, the worldwide financial collapse and the euro - zone crisis — resulted in massive drawdowns for world stock benchmarks. (etfexpert.com)
Later this week I'll take a look at the likelihood of massive drawdowns at elevated q ratios. (greenbackd.com)
So, Retallack suggests, colonization of the land by vascular and nonvascular plants together may help explain the massive drawdown of CO2 that triggered the most recent and stronger of the two major glaciations that Lenton and his colleagues studied. (sciencemag.org)