to skyrocket
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4.1
- verb
- /ˈskaɪˌrɑːkɪt/
- As more people started using the app, its popularity began to skyrocket overnight.
- prices skyrocket
- costs skyrocket
- inflation skyrockets
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Watch on YouTubeAnd you saw the price of Bitcoin skyrocket and then fall off a Cliff.
- And you saw the price of Bitcoin skyrocket and then fall off a Cliff.
- But even amongst the allies, spending skyrocketed and debt grew.
- You see defence budgets all over the world are are skyrocketing and this is a vicious circle.
- People have this thing of buying stuff when it skyrockets.
- So men who get divorced, their risk of, of suicide skyrockets.
- For one, the national debt continues to skyrocket.
- The drug abuse rate in adolescents and teens has skyrocketed.
- Dieting behavior would, you know, skyrocket and there would be all of these negative effects.
- When that movie came out, the the application rate for the Air Force skyrocketed.
- And my admiration for her just skyrocketed.
- We started seeing the SPAC's of of their short interest position skyrocket back in February.
Examples
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And you saw the price of Bitcoin skyrocket and then fall off a Cliff.
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Their stock is at 0.07 cents but is poised to skyrocket soon, in my opinion.
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And that could actually lead inflation to skyrocket actually.
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Thereafter, the price of oil will skyrocket.
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Violence and crime are skyrocketing throughout the nation.
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The price of houses sort of skyrocketed everywhere and so on.
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Unfortunately, the cost of materials is skyrocketing.
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Inflation is skyrocketing through the roof.
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The approach has helped the computer maker see skyrocketing growth.
Academic text (2010) -
In the past decade, health care plans offering drug coverage have expanded to meet a skyrocketing demand for prescription drugs.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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3.4
To rise quickly to a very high level, for example prices or temperatures
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2.1
To rise suddenly by a large amount
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4.3
To increase very quickly in number or size
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3.4
To rise suddenly and sharply
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3.7
To rise suddenly and strongly in amount or number
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3.6
To raise a price or fee suddenly by a large amount
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5.9
To raise prices or rent suddenly by a lot
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4.1
Rise quickly to a much higher level
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4.1
To increase very quickly
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4.1
Growing very quickly in size or cost
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4.8
Raise prices or fees suddenly by a large amount
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3.7
To rise very quickly in amount or value
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3.8
Rise very quickly to a much higher level
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5.7
To rise very quickly to a much higher level
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4.4
Increase very quickly to a much higher level
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4.8
To raise prices by a large amount, often suddenly
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3.4
Rise quickly to a much higher level, for example prices or temperatures
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8.9
Increase very quickly, growing faster and faster
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7.2
To rise suddenly in amount or feeling
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Skyrocket as a verb comes from the idea of a rocket shooting into the sky. So, when numbers or prices skyrocket, they go 'up very quickly'.