rocketing 1 of 2

adjective

as in rapid

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rocketing

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verb

present participle of rocket
1
as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly the startled cat rocketed out of the room

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2
as in soaring
to rise abruptly and rapidly the child actor rocketed to stardom at the age of eight

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Recent Examples of rocketing
Verb
Surveillance footage obtained by the Daily News shows the explosion erupting on the building’s second floor, sending glass and other debris rocketing across the street. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026 Shares have fully recovered from a deep dive early last year, rocketing more than 40% in the past 12 months. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 Buffalo Gap National Grassland is wide open in every direction—no trees, no buildings, nothing to blunt the gusts—and my bike zigzags, rocketing my stomach into my esophagus. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 Four years on from the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has proved remarkably resilient, shouldering sanctions, rocketing inflation, and depleted fiscal reserves. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 30 June 2026 The vehicle that slammed into Susan Cameron’s car in September 2024 had been rocketing through a business district in Lenexa at more than 125 mph just before the crash, prosecutors said. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026 In a separate instance, a drone explosion sent the lid of a round oil container rocketing skyward. — Charles Maynes, NPR, 18 June 2026 Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images With SpaceX's stock rocketing during its first three days of trading, Elon Musk's company is getting an assist from the Department of Justice, which asked a federal court in Mississippi to toss a case against the company brought by the NAACP. — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 June 2026 The price for one month out peaked at more than $110 per barrel in April, after rocketing from less than $70 before the war began. — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocketing
  1. rapid
  2. speeding
  3. soaring
  4. meteoric
  5. flying
  6. skyrocketing
  7. lightning
  8. scurrying
Adjective
  • Although modest today, Great Falls was substantial for its time and reflects rapid advances in turbine and generator engineering during the early twentieth century.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The trend cycle in beauty is rapid, but there’s not one identifiable aesthetic dominating the present moment.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of rapid
Verb
  • On May 25, that same man drove his speeding car through two red lights, hitting a car that hit my parents, injuring my mother fatally.
    — Rachel Sales, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The evidence showed that Kaur hadn’t been drinking and wasn’t speeding.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of speeding
Verb
  • Esponda nailed her highly difficult tumbling, soaring to the highest floor score of the night.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Colorado is heading into another dangerous stretch of summer heat, with temperatures soaring toward 100 degrees this weekend and elevated fire weather concerns across the mountains.
    — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of soaring
Adjective
  • Episode 2 showcases meteoric ascents, bringing together one of the most buzzy young actors and a phenom from the NHL.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Episode two showcases meteoric ascents, bringing together one of the most buzzy young actors and a phenom from the NHL.
    — THR Staff, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of meteoric
Verb
  • Flights at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport, a major cargo hub, were disrupted during the night after a sighting of a flying object was reported and another object was found near a runway, police said Wednesday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • As a result, the squad were much further down the fitness road in the States, helped by playing two friendlies against Wisla Krakow and Manchester United before flying out.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of flying
Verb
  • Legislative leaders explicitly ruled out any discussion about skyrocketing energy costs and an economic crisis leaving our state with the second-worst economy in the nation, per CNBC.
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
  • With skyrocketing costs and expensive credit (not to mention other factors) driving up prices across the board, shoppers are desperate for options that won’t break the bank.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of skyrocketing
Adjective
  • Digital assets are moving at hyper-lightning speed.
    — Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Definition of lightning
Verb
  • Set on a stage at the very highest level of the stands, that similarly crowded performance looked like a Grammys medley on video but must have resembled ants scurrying around a screensaver to much of the in-person audience.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 19 July 2026
  • McClair, a scurrying cerebral Glaswegian signed from Celtic and one of the few players to outsmart his boss Sir Alex Ferguson, had become the first in 20 years, since Best, to score 20 league goals for United.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of scurrying

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