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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James Peckham, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
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Verb
The Lenovo Legion Go 2 price is skyrocketing, and the latest hike hits the best version money can buy.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
Not in Texas, where legal hemp-THC sent poison-control incidents for kids skyrocketing.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 12 Apr. 2026
The lesson is that scare stories of food prices skyrocketing in the next few weeks due to war in the Persian Gulf are overblown.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
Asian countries are shutting down their economies one day a week because the price of oil has skyrocketed so much.
—CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Skyrocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skyrocket. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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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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