skyrocketed; skyrocketing; skyrockets
: to shoot up abruptly
prices are skyrocketing
Examples of skyrocket in a Sentence
Verb
His popularity skyrocketed after his latest movie.
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Verb
Premiums have skyrocketed, and coverage has shrunk, especially in wildfire and storm prone regions, exacerbating economic disruption and housing unaffordability.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
As Los Angeles faces budget crisis, legal payouts have skyrocketed.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
During Schiraldi’s tenure, high-profile cases of juvenile crime have skyrocketed.
—Robin Grammer, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2025
Valuations have skyrocketed for NBA teams over the last 15 years and the people who have bought them have come in with immense wealth and perhaps even larger aspirations.
—Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyrocket. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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skyrocket
1 of 2 noun
sky·rock·et
ˈskī-ˌräk-ət 
skyrocket
2 of 2 verb1
: to shoot up suddenly
costs have skyrocketed
2
: to cause to rise or increase rapidly
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