skyrocket
IPA: skˈaɪrɑkʌt
noun
- A type of firework that uses a solid rocket engine to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc.
- (by extension) A rebuke, a scolding.
- (UK, Australia, rhyming slang) pocket.
verb
- (intransitive) To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.
- (transitive) To cause to increase suddenly and extremely.
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Examples of "skyrocket" in Sentences
- The price caused taxes to skyrocket.
- Sea lion numbers are set to skyrocket.
- The amount of shootings would skyrocket.
- The injury and fatality rate skyrocketed.
- Productivity was to skyrocket and absenteeism disappear.
- Firearm sales in US skyrocket amid debate on gun control.
- Gun sales skyrocket in anticipation of stricter gun control.
- Set the subsidy too high, and the sponsor's costs skyrocket.
- I expect the amount of links to skyrocket once the game is launched in US.
- The price of the tonic skyrocketed, and the gang began selling it underground.
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