skyrocketed; skyrocketing; skyrockets
: to shoot up abruptly
prices are skyrocketing
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Verb
His popularity skyrocketed after his latest movie.
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Six years later, the reforms lay in ruins, overwhelmed by electricity shortages and skyrocketing prices for wholesale power.
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Housing costs have skyrocketed while wages remain flat: The Pew Center found that the average price for a single-family home went up 51.7% between August 2019 and August 2024.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
The song serves as a brutally humorous and raw meditation on their skyrocketing success, grappling with the absurd pressure of becoming icons seemingly overnight.
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With egg prices skyrocketing, more and more people are thinking about getting their own chickens.
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Six years later, the reforms lay in ruins, overwhelmed by electricity shortages and skyrocketing prices for wholesale power.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Housing costs have skyrocketed while wages remain flat: The Pew Center found that the average price for a single-family home went up 51.7% between August 2019 and August 2024.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2025
The song serves as a brutally humorous and raw meditation on their skyrocketing success, grappling with the absurd pressure of becoming icons seemingly overnight.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyrocket. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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skyrocket
1 of 2 noun
sky·rock·et
ˈskī-ˌräk-ət 
skyrocket
2 of 2 verb1
: to shoot up suddenly
costs have skyrocketed
2
: to cause to rise or increase rapidly
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