root and branch

English

Alternative forms

root-and-branch

Etymology

From the Bible, Malachi 4:1 - "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch." Used as a title for the Root and Branch Petition presented to the Long Parliament on December 11, 1640.

Adjective

root and branch (not comparable)

Total, thorough, sweeping, complete, radical, drastic.

Translations

complete, total

Russian: радика́льный (ru) m (radikálʹnyj), коренно́й (ru) m (korennój)

Swedish: genomgripande, radikal (sv), grundlig (sv)

Adverb

root and branch (not comparable)

Totally, completely.

Translations

totally

Russian: по́лностью (ru) (pólnostʹju)

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