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skyrocket

I

noun

1. propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon

• Syn: ↑rocket

• Hypernyms: ↑visual signal

2. sends a firework display high into the sky

• Syn: ↑rocket

• Hypernyms: ↑firework, ↑pyrotechnic

II

verb

shoot up abruptly, like a rocket

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prices skyrocketed

• Syn: ↑rocket

• Hypernyms:

↑rise, ↑lift, ↑arise, ↑move up, ↑go up, ↑come up, ↑uprise

• Verb Frames:

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.