skyrocketed; skyrocketing; skyrockets
: to shoot up abruptly
prices are skyrocketing
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His popularity skyrocketed after his latest movie.
the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket
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Studies show that eating disorders have skyrocketed since the beginning of the pandemic, said Jason Nagata, professor of pediatrics at University of California, San Francisco and adolescent eating disorder specialist.
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The nationwide broadcast skyrocketed Devo as a household name.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
Since then, however, homelessness has ballooned by 42 percent, even as homelessness spending has skyrocketed.
—Christopher Calton, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyrocket. Accessed 8 Dec. 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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