rockets

verb

present tense third-person singular of rocket
1
as in speeds
to proceed or move quickly the startled cat rocketed out of the room

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

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Recent Examples of rockets The album also rockets 14-4 on the Top Streaming Albums chart. — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 Dec. 2025 The same title, Boone’s sophomore project, also rockets almost 25 spaces up the Official Album Downloads chart. — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rockets
  1. speeds
  2. soars
  3. races
  4. increases
  5. flies
  6. travels
  7. zips
  8. rushes
Verb
  • Also, take care to keep potatoes away from onions, as onions release ethylene gas, which speeds up the sprouting process.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 19 July 2026
  • Beyond producing highly uniform nanowires, the technique speeds up materials research.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Definition of speeds
Verb
  • Continue reading … SHIFTING GROUND — Voters fuel a 'San Francisco comeback' as mayor soars to 74% approval.
    — , FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
  • Tension soars as Rand approaches the isolated home where Lucky is hiding out with a grandmother and her girls.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 15 July 2026
Definition of soars
Verb
  • What makes the Drama races different is that Apple TV series have struggled much more to find its bearings here.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
  • Once inside, the burglar sends in a robotic assistant that races through the rooms, checks drawers, copies keys, locks cabinets and writes a demand note asking for money to unlock the data.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of races
Verb
  • Though present, they are not enabled by default and require overriding hidden FeatureFlags, which increases user risk.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Thus the image is both cropped at the top and bottom and blown up in a way that increases the grain and softness.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 21 July 2026
Definition of increases
Verb
  • SpaceX is also eyeing an equatorial orbit when Starship flies on the Artemis IV mission, and NASA may already be quietly shifting the mission's landing site to a higher latitude.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 July 2026
  • The servicer will have an onboard control system, which flies the spacecraft and keeps its body back at a safe distance while the arm reaches in.
    — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Definition of flies
Verb
  • Odysseus travels to the underworld and has to perform a blood sacrifice.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • The president travels to Georgia today, a swing state with a key Senate race and a toss-up gubernatorial contest.
    — Tamara Keith, NPR, 22 July 2026
Definition of travels
Verb
  • It zips in the front like my favorite wetsuit, requiring little gymnastics to get on, and provides ample sun coverage for long paddles on the water.
    — Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
  • Not to mention, your toiletry bag ends up far less chaotic and actually zips without a fight.
    — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
Definition of zips
Verb
  • When the aorta bursts, blood rushes through the tear, which often leads to sudden death.
    — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
  • Blood rushes through the tear, causing the inner and middle layers of the aorta to split; normal blood flow throughout the body may slow or stop.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of rushes

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