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The Jew is a devil in human form. It is fitting that he be exterminated root and branch.
Julius Streicher

Meaning of "root and branch" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROOT AND BRANCH

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WHAT DOES ROOT AND BRANCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of root and branch in the English dictionary

The definition of root and branch in the dictionary is entirely; completely; utterly. Other definition of root and branch is thorough; radical; complete.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROOT AND BRANCH

root
root beer
root canal
root canal treatment
root cap
root cause
root climber
root crop
root crops
root ginger
root hair
root mean square
root nodule
root out
root position
root sign
root treatment
root up
root vegetable
root word

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROOT AND BRANCH

anabranch
blanch
branch
cadet branch
cranch
disbranch
dude ranch
elasmobranch
interbranch
lophobranch
marsipobranch
nudibranch
olive branch
opisthobranch
prosobranch
ranch
root-and-branch
Special Branch
sub-branch
tectibranch
tree-and-branch

Synonyms and antonyms of root and branch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ROOT AND BRANCH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «root and branch» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of root and branch

Translation of «root and branch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROOT AND BRANCH

Find out the translation of root and branch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of root and branch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «root and branch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

彻底
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

raíz y rama
570 millions of speakers

English

root and branch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जड़ और शाखा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجذر و الفرع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

корни и ветви
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

raiz e ramo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মূল এবং শাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

racines et branches
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Akar dan cawangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stumpf und Stiel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

根と枝
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

루트 및 지점
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

ROOT lan cabang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gốc và chi nhánh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வேர் மற்றும் கிளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रूट आणि शाखा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kök ve dal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

radice e ramo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

korzeni i gałęzi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коріння та гілки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rădăcină și ramură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρίζα και κλαδί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wortel en tak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gripande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rot og gren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of root and branch

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROOT AND BRANCH»

The term «root and branch» is regularly used and occupies the 90.427 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROOT AND BRANCH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «root and branch» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «root and branch» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about root and branch

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QUOTES WITH «ROOT AND BRANCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word root and branch.
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Julius Streicher
The Jew is a devil in human form. It is fitting that he be exterminated root and branch.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROOT AND BRANCH»

Discover the use of root and branch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to root and branch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood ...
Root and Branch is the compelling story of the fiercely committed laywers that constructed the legal foundation for what we now call the civil rights movement.
Rawn James, Jr., 2010
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Root and Branch: African Americans in New York and East ...
African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863 Graham Russell Gao Hodges. Simler, “Rural Labor and the Farm Household in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1750–1820,” in Innes, ed., Work and Labor in Early America, 106– 44.
Graham Russell Gao Hodges, 1999
3
The Alonzo B. Albertson Family Root and Branch: Being the ...
Hans Albertson immigrated from Holland to New Castle, Delaware in 1640.
Oliver Herman Albertson
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Root And Branch
This second edition is a revised reprint featuring four of the five items of the original edition.
Thomas Honegger, 2005
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The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical, ...
For such an union betwixt the root and the branch is the most glaring profligacy ; for instance, for a man to marry his mother or daughter ; therefore, marriage betwixt root and branch was forbidden. Nor does it constitute any difference whether ...
‎1855
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The Christian Remembrancer
Nor does it constitute any difference whether the root marry the branch, or the branch the root, or whether they meet in marriage with a third person, as when any one marries both root and branch. On this account a man was forbidden to marry ...
‎1855
7
The Engaging Museum: Developing Museums for Visitor Involvement
This very practical book guides museums on how to create the highest quality experience possible for their visitors.
Graham Black, 2005
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The Doctrine of Everlasting Punishment: A Discussion of the ...
Now, we are asked, when "root and branch are burned up," what is there left ? That depends upon what is meant by the phrase "root and branch." The usus loquendi of "root and branch," when these two words are used in connection in the ...
Josiah Litch, Miles Grant, 1859
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Law and Authority in Early Modern England: Essays Presented ...
Equally powerful as a force for root-and-branch, and interacting closely with these other two beliefs, was anticlericalism. Defined generally as an opposition to clerical rule or influence," anticlericalism did not necessarily entail the removal of  ...
Thomas Garden Barnes, Buchanan Sharp, Mark Charles Fissel, 2007
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Resistance and Conformity in the Third Reich
It won't stop me eradicating Christianity from Germany root and branch. You are either a Christian or a German. You can't be both. Source: F.Zipfel, Kirchenkampf in Deutschland 1933–45, 1965, p. 9 Historians J.S.Conway and F.Zipfel have ...
Martyn Housden, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROOT AND BRANCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term root and branch is used in the context of the following news items.
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New political battle over the BBC's future to begin this week
The “root and branch” review of the BBC charter, which will be unveiled by the culture secretary, John Whittingdale, examines whether the BBC has been ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Tory MP breaks ranks to demand 'root and branch review' of the …
A Conservative MP has broken party ranks to demand a “root and branch” review of the Bedroom Tax. Daniel Kawczynski wrote to Work and Pensions Secretary ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
Cleaning up FIFA only starts with Sepp Blatter's departure
"You would need a root and branch restructuring of FIFA itself." GALLERY: WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. FacebookTwitterGoogle+LinkedIn. Women's World Cup: ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
4
Galleries: It's all art, root and branch
Since moving to its spacious, prominently situated building on Third Street in 2011 - and dropping its quaint former name, the Wood Turning Center - the Center ... «Philly.com, May 15»
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Nick Clegg calls for 'root and branch' inquiry into deaths of seven …
Mr Clegg called for a 'root and branch' investigation into the tragedies, backing calls from Labour leader Ed Miliband and Blackley and Broughton's Labour ... «Manchester Evening News, Apr 15»
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Root and branch
ONE reason to take seriously recent moves by Japan's government to reform the country's vast, quasi-statist system of agricultural co-operatives is a personal ... «The Economist, Mar 15»
7
A plan to repeal ObamaCare – root and branch
If, on the other hand, Republicans end up blaming a Senate staffer for upsetting their plan to get rid of ObamaCare ,“root and branch,” then conservatives will ... «Human Events, Feb 15»
8
Root and branch reformer
The recent consistory in Rome, which saw Pope Francis create 15 new cardinal-electors from every corner of the world, marked another significant moment in ... «The Tablet, Feb 15»
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Ed Miliband calls for 'root and branch' inquiry into HMRC
Ed Miliband has called for a “root and branch” inquiry into the culture and practices of HMRC amid allegations it failed to act over HSBC's links to tax avoidance. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
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Obamacare repeal pressure building on Mitch McConnell, John …
“Reports say GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell is planning to walk away from his commitment to repeal Obamacare, 'root and branch,' as he promised,” the ... «Washington Times, Nov 14»

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