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UK
/skˈaɪɹˌɒkɪt/
]
[ US /ˈskaɪˌɹɑkət/ ]
[ US /ˈskaɪˌɹɑkət/ ]
NOUN
- sends a firework display high into the sky
- propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
VERB
-
shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
prices skyrocketed
How To Use skyrocket In A Sentence
- The album opens with a string of potential singles, lined up to be launched like skyrockets.
- Naturalization Service has handled skyrocketing growth during the Clinton administration.
- Skyrocketing oil prices made Mexican reserves vastly more valuable than before and provided collateral for international loans worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
- Whole regions of the country went into serious decline, and unemployment and dole dependency skyrocketed.
- Remember this, while the gobbling is hot and heavy around sunrise, after 9-10am is when those hens leave the toms and your chances skyrocket. Just starting out.
- SanDisk assures us that the price will not skyrocket, which is a relief. Gizmodo
- The price of sugar has suddenly skyrocketed up.
- She is a Muslim woman from Bandra Bazar Road , and she is unhappy , she votes for the Congress , but she finds that it has not helped her much , she has come to meet Rahebar Khan the local corporator, she cant take life anymore, her electric bill has trebled , prices of all essential commodities has skyrocketed and she is stuck in a groove of discontent. Archive 2009-08-01
- According to the Federal Trade Commission's latest calculations, complaints about unordered merchandise and services skyrocketed 169% from 1998 to 2000.
- He said that the mayor ought to focus on what he called New York City's "skyrocketing crime rate. NYT > Home Page