skyrocket
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Definition
Verb:
- To increase very rapidly and suddenly: To rise extremely quickly to a very high level, often in a way that is unexpected or dramatic.
- To shoot upwards like a rocket: To ascend or be propelled upwards with great speed.
Noun:
- A type of firework: A firework that is propelled high into the sky before exploding.
- A launching device: Something, like a small rocket, used to send a line (e.g., a rescue line) or a signal high into the air.
Usage Examples
Verb:
- The cost of housing has skyrocketed in the last decade.
- After the product launch, the company's stock price skyrocketed.
- Temperatures can skyrocket during a heatwave.
Noun:
- We watched the colorful skyrocket explode against the night sky.
- The coast guard used a skyrocket to send a line to the stranded ship.
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively for non-physical increases: Commonly used to describe sharp increases in abstract concepts like prices, rates, popularity, or emotions.
- Her anxiety skyrocketed as the deadline approached.
- Demand for the new phone model skyrocketed within hours.
Variants and Related Words
- Skyrocketing (adjective/participle): Describing something that is increasing very rapidly.
- The city is struggling with skyrocketing rents.
Synonyms
- Soar: To rise or increase very quickly.
- Shoot up: To increase or rise suddenly.
- Rocket: To move or increase very rapidly.
- Surge: To increase suddenly and powerfully.
Antonyms
- Plummet: To fall or drop straight down at high speed.
- Plunge: To fall or drop suddenly and dramatically.
- Tumble: To fall suddenly and sharply.
Related Phrases
- To go through the roof: An idiom meaning to increase to a very high level, similar to "skyrocket."
- Fuel prices have gone through the roof this month.
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