抜ばっ本ぽん

noun

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).

• 汚お職しょくの抜ばっ本ぽんを目め指ざす改かい革かくが求もとめられている。

  Reforms aimed at the eradication of corruption are being called for.

noun-modifying (irregular)

drastic; fundamental

Prenominal use, almost always as 抜本的な or 抜本の, describing thoroughgoing or radical measures.

• 抜ばっ本ぽん的てきな対たい策さくを講こうじる必ひつ要ようがある。

  It is necessary to take drastic measures.