1. root and branch - Adjective
2. root and branch - Adverb
root and branch (not comparable)
Total, thorough, sweeping, complete, radical, drastic.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:total
root and branch (not comparable)
Totally, completely.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:completely
root-and-branch (not comparable)
Alternative form of root and branch
root-and-branch
[On entitlements:] I think we've got to go after them root and branch...if we're ever gonna do it, this is the time to do it. John R. Bolton
The Labour Party should oppose the Government arms plan root and branch. Aneurin Bevan
For capitalism is abolished root and branch by the bare assumption that it is personal consumption and not enrichment that works as the compelling motive. Karl Marx
The Jew is a devil in human form. It is fitting that he be exterminated root and branch. Julius Streicher
But that little handful of English officials in India set their sturdy and confident grip upon it, and ripped it out, root and branch! Source: Internet
In particular, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black wrote in a dissent, "It is high time, in my judgment, to wipe out root and branch the judge-invented and judge-maintained notion that judges can try criminal contempt cases without a jury." Source: Internet