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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Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
Car insurance rates have skyrocketed across the country in the past few years, driven by more expensive repairs and increasingly risky behavior from drivers.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Maybe meningococcal disease, pneumococcal disease, or Haemophilus influenzae disease, each caused by bacteria commonly found in the airway, would skyrocket, and with them rates of meningitis and pneumonia.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Viewership has skyrocketed by 226 percent in the past year alone.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 27 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Egg prices across the country have skyrocketed in the face of inflation and an avian flu epidemic that has led to the killing of tens of millions of hens across the country.
—Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025
Car insurance rates have skyrocketed across the country in the past few years, driven by more expensive repairs and increasingly risky behavior from drivers.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Maybe meningococcal disease, pneumococcal disease, or Haemophilus influenzae disease, each caused by bacteria commonly found in the airway, would skyrocket, and with them rates of meningitis and pneumonia.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Viewership has skyrocketed by 226 percent in the past year alone.
—Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyrocket. Accessed 2 Feb. 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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