Definition of "rocketed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of rocket. (verb)

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• "In contemplating the challenges that might lie ahead for astronauts embarking on voyages possibly lasting thousands of years – and this was still more than six months before Yuri Gagarin rocketed into orbit – the two authors proposed tampering with the crews 'biological capabilities."
• "He'd been a sub rosa sports story for most of his career—the one-legged wrestler who won high-school championships before starring for hometown Arizona State—but the national title rocketed him to a new atmosphere."
• "And as Whitney ` s sophomore title rocketed to number one, the press scoffed at the pop star ` s sound."