eradication; root-and-branch removal
Refers to eliminating something completely, often used in formal or policy contexts. Commonly appears in the compound 抜本的 (ばっぽんてき).
汚職の抜本を目指す改革が求められている。
Reforms aimed at the eradication of corruption are being called for.
noun-modifying (irregular)
Prenominal use, almost always as 抜本的な or 抜本の, describing thoroughgoing or radical measures.
抜本的な対策を講じる必要がある。
It is necessary to take drastic measures.
drastic; radical; fundamental
eradication of evil at its root; striking at the root of evil
fundamental reform; dramatic overhaul
Compound of 抜 (ばつ, 'pull out') and 本 (ほん, 'root'), literally 'pulling out by the roots'. The reading ばっぽん is a sound change from ばつほん.