skyrocketed; skyrocketing; skyrockets
: to shoot up abruptly
prices are skyrocketing
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Examples of skyrocket in a Sentence
Verb
His popularity skyrocketed after his latest movie.
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 28 June 2024
After birth, the number of individuals, canid and hominid, who interact with and shape the clone skyrockets; the possible environments go from finite to indescribably many.
—Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 July 2024
One clear deterrent for mid-summer travel to Paris: Prices for hotel rooms are set to skyrocket.
—Leslie Josephs, NBC News, 11 July 2024
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Noun
And as the number of plastic surgery procedures skyrockets, so too do the number of liposuction procedures performed.
—Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 28 June 2024
After birth, the number of individuals, canid and hominid, who interact with and shape the clone skyrockets; the possible environments go from finite to indescribably many.
—Alexandra Horowitz, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
Verb
Bertrand Guay | Afp | Getty Images One clear deterrent for mid-summer travel to Paris: Prices for hotel rooms are set to skyrocket.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 July 2024
One clear deterrent for mid-summer travel to Paris: Prices for hotel rooms are set to skyrocket.
—Leslie Josephs, NBC News, 11 July 2024
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyrocket. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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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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