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The phrase "attack the roots" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing addressing the fundamental causes of a problem or issue.
Example: "To effectively solve the environmental crisis, we must attack the roots of pollution and unsustainable practices."
Alternatives: "address the core issues" or "tackle the underlying causes."
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Using new tools to attack the roots of crime (continued).
Change requires long-term therapies that attack the roots of criminality.
A traditional drug hunt would most likely miss this kind of chemical — and yet this is precisely what is needed to attack the roots of cancer.
Kuretor insecticide, which is a crystal that is used to kill harmful subterranean pests that attack the roots of banana and destroy the plants, was associated with 19 poisonings (12.4% overall) of children.
The larvae of the cabbage root fly sometimes attack the roots.
Lisa tries to encourage her mom to "attack the roots of social problems" but Marge changes the subject with a McGriff the Crime Dog hand puppet.
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Mr. Lessig's agenda (invoking Thoreau) is to attack "the root, the thing that feeds the other ills, and the thing that we must kill first".
"We've got to attack the root cause, invest with new money, real investment in child protection teams, victim support and policing on the ground.
The goal is to attack the root cause of Brazil's chronic inflation - a Government deficit papered over during the 1980's by printing money.
"You need to do what you can to attack the root," says Hartman. "Remove load time, items that cause crashes, creepy ads based on data.
Dr Spagnuolo has developed a drug derived from the lipid, using a compound called Avocatin B, which targets leukaemia stem cells, which "drive the disease," and therefore attack the root cause of the cancer.
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