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Definition of "skyrocket" [sky•rock•et]

  • A firework that ascends high into the air where it explodes in a brilliant cascade of flares and starlike sparks. (noun)
  • To rise or cause to rise rapidly and suddenly: Wheat prices skyrocketed. Discovery of oil here has skyrocketed land values. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "skyrocket" in a sentence
  • "The thought that without this site my productivity at work will skyrocket is cold comfort."
  • "Sometimes lost, I think, in the discussions of what happens to the world if oil prices really skyrocket is the fact it's really really cheap to ship things on water."
  • "EU Referendum: Galileo costs to "skyrocket" - shock!"