shoot up
verb
shot up; shooting up; shoots up
1
: to shoot or shoot at especially recklessly
cowboys shooting up the town
2
: to inject (a narcotic drug) into a vein
: to inject a narcotic into a vein
Examples of shoot up in a Sentence
gas prices shot up seemingly overnight
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In Greenland, temperatures shot up by as much as 18 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of decades, pushing other Arctic megafauna to extinction.
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Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Its dock opened like flower petals unfolding and the drone, a much smaller quadcopter than the Alta X, shot up into the air.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025
The county said that a portion of the building collapsed and video showed flames shooting up from the structured shortly after the explosion.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Americans can always keep their older cars on the road longer, but the cost of repair bills has shot up this year, too.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
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Maggie Koerth, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
Its dock opened like flower petals unfolding and the drone, a much smaller quadcopter than the Alta X, shot up into the air.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025
The county said that a portion of the building collapsed and video showed flames shooting up from the structured shortly after the explosion.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Americans can always keep their older cars on the road longer, but the cost of repair bills has shot up this year, too.
—Patrick George, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoot up
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“Shoot up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot%20up. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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