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to skyrocket
01
to increase rapidly and dramatically, often referring to prices, numbers, or success
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
skyrocket
3rd person singular
skyrockets
Present participle
skyrocketing
Past simple
skyrocketed
Past participle
skyrocketed
Examples
The demand for the new product skyrockets as soon as it hits the market.
Skyrocket
01
sends a firework display high into the sky
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
skyrockets
02
propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
Lexical Tree
skyrocket
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