根ね切きり

noun

cutting roots; root pruning

Literal act of cutting plant roots, often in gardening or agriculture.

• 植うえ替かえの前まえに根ね切きりをすると、根ねの張はりが良よくなる。

  Cutting the roots before repotting improves root growth.

noun

extermination; rooting out; eradication

Figurative use: eliminating something completely, as if cutting its roots. Often used for problems, pests, or undesirable elements.

• 汚お職しょくの根ね切きりを図はかるため、新あらたな監かん視し機き関かんが設せっ置ちされた。

  A new oversight body was established to root out corruption.