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    skyrocket
    /ˈskʌɪˌrɒkɪt/

    noun

    • 1. a rocket designed to explode high in the air as a signal or firework.

    verb

    • 1. (of a price, rate, or amount) increase very steeply or rapidly: informal "the cost of the welfare system has skyrocketed"

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  2. SKYROCKET definition: 1. to rise extremely quickly or make extremely quick progress towards success: 2. to rise…. Learn more.

  3. : to cause to rise or increase abruptly and rapidly. 2. : catapult. intransitive verb. : to shoot up abruptly. prices are skyrocketing. Synonyms. Verb. rocket. shoot (up) soar. zoom. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of skyrocket in a Sentence.

  4. When something skyrockets, it shoots up. Immediately after the Winter Olympics, interest in ice skating, bobsledding, and curling tends to skyrocket, or increase suddenly and dramatically. The verb skyrocket is good to use when something grows or shoots up as abruptly as a firework.

  5. to rise extremely quickly or make extremely quick progress toward success: Housing prices have skyrocketed in recent months. Synonym. rocketinformal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Price increases. accrual. added value. anti-inflationary. appreciate by something. appreciate in value. bull market. dead cat bounce.

  6. Skyrocket definition: a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.. See examples of SKYROCKET used in a sentence.

  7. noun. 1. a fireworks rocket that explodes in midair in a shower of colored sparks. verb intransitive, verb transitive US. 2. to rise or cause to rise rapidly. meat prices skyrocketed. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word Frequency.

  8. Definition of skyrocket verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.