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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