root and branch

Etymology
From the Bible. Used as a title for the  presented to the on December 11, 1640.

Adjective

 * 1) Total, thorough, sweeping, complete, radical, drastic.

Translations

 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gjennomgripende, tvers igjennom
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:, ,

Adverb

 * 1) Totally, completely.

Derived terms

 * root-and-brancher

Translations

 * Scottish Gaelic: bun is bàrr, eadar cheann is chasan