Meaning
- (verb) To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
- (verb) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate. “Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.”
Letter breakdown
- Eradicate contains 9 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Synonyms
Opposites
Words from these letters
- aerated
- catered
- created
- radiate
- reacted
- recited
- aerate
- arcade
- carted
- crated
- create
- credit
- deceit
- deicer
- dieter
- direct
- recite
- teared
- tirade
- traced
- acrid
- acted
- aerie
- aired
- arced
- atria
- cadet
- cadre
- carat
- cared
- caret
- cater
- cedar
- cider
- cited
- crate
- creed
- cried
- deice
- deter
- dicta
- eater
- edict
- eider
- erect
- irate
- raced
- rated
- react
- recta
- riced
- tared
- tiara
- tired
- trace
- trade
- tread
- treed
- triad
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with ERA
- era
- eradicated
- eradicates
- eradicating
- eradication
- eras
- erase
- erased
- eraser
- erasers
- erases
- erasing
- erasure
- erasures
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Words ending with ATE
Reader questions
What does Eradicate mean?
To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
How many letters are in Eradicate?
Eradicate has 9 letters.
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