skyrocket
skyrocket
Definition
sky·rocket (-räk′it)
noun
a fireworks rocket that explodes in midair in a shower of colored sparks
intransitive verb, transitive verb
to rise or cause to rise rapidly meat prices skyrocketed
skyrocket
Usage Examples
Object
- price: The program is aimed at easing the burden of skyrocketing gasoline prices.
- cost: The local doctor - who may be thinking about giving up his practice thanks to skyrocketing malpractice insurance costs.
- rate: Costs are skyrocketing rate of the quot health services.
- sale: Now more than ever people are working on the go, resulting in skyrocketing sales of notebook PCs and notebook accessories.
- popularity: The state analysts also argue exchange commission logo skyrocketing popularity of.
- value: Too often urban gardens get caught up in the frenzy of skyrocketing urban land values.
Converse of object
- see: He will be challenged to find bargains in an industry that has seen real estate prices skyrocket in recent years.
Preposition: as
- result: Oil prices are skyrocketing here as a result of this war.
Modifying Another Word
- now: In many African countries this has now skyrocketed to 7 per cent, and in some cases to an astounding 11 per cent 5.
Noun used with modifier
- price: He will be challenged to find bargains in an industry that has seen real estate prices skyrocket in recent years.
- energy: As energy prices skyrocket in the coming years, how will the populations of suburbia react to the collapse of their dream?
- career: A relative newcomer to acting, the Brooklyn-born native has seen her career skyrocket over the past few years.
- sale: Use this for that and watch your sales skyrocket.
- rate: After that the rates skyrocket ( think factors of 2 ).
Used with why or when
- when: Meanwhile, Gary gets a job at a trendy clothing store, and sales skyrocket when the female customers see him scantily dressed.
Present participle complement
- add: Then began taking the fifth cranial melatonin versus placebo skyrocketing adding to.
Preposition: in
- year: He will be challenged to find bargains in an industry that has seen real estate prices skyrocket in recent years.
Preposition: by
- %: The price of the pill in Myanmar skyrocketed by 600 % recently when a major international donor withdrew funding for the pill.
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