"root and branch" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From the Bible. Used as a title for the Root and Branch petition presented to the Long Parliament on December 11, 1640. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} root and branch (not comparable)
  1. Total, thorough, sweeping, complete, radical, drastic. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: total Translations (complete, total — see also complete): gjennomgripende (Norwegian Bokmål), tvers igjennom (Norwegian Bokmål), радика́льный (radikálʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), коренно́й (korennój) [masculine] (Russian), genomgripande (Swedish), radikal (Swedish), grundlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-root_and_branch-en-adj-ZyymGYXB Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 70 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: root-and-branch

Adverb [English]

Etymology: From the Bible. Used as a title for the Root and Branch petition presented to the Long Parliament on December 11, 1640. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} root and branch (not comparable)
  1. Totally, completely. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: completely Derived forms: root-and-brancher Related terms: top-to-bottom Translations (totally — see also totally): bun is bàrr (Scottish Gaelic), eadar cheann is chasan (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-root_and_branch-en-adv-rY9EtIZ1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: root-and-branch

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