根こそぎ

Meaning

1. nadv
   uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots
2. n
   eradicating; rooting out
3. adv
   all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely; entirely; thoroughly; root and branch

Example sentences

• 麻薬の密売は根こそぎ絶やさなければならない。

  We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.

• 何もかも根こそぎ奪っていった。

  You didn't leave me shit.

• その植物を根こそぎ引き抜きなさい。

  Pull the plant up by the roots.