Usually means: Eliminate completely, thoroughly, and entirely.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. root and branch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. root and branch: Merriam-Webster
  3. root and branch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. root-and-branch, root-and-branch, root and branch: Collins English Dictionary
  5. root and branch: Wordnik
  6. root and branch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. root and branch: Wiktionary
  8. Root and branch, root and branch: Dictionary.com
  9. root and branch: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Root and branch, root-and-branch: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. root-and-branch: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. root-and-branch: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. root-and-branch: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. root-and-branch, root and branch: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (root and branch)

adjective:  Total, thorough, sweeping, complete, radical, drastic.
adverb:  Totally, completely.

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