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shoot (up)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of shoot (up)

to rise abruptly and rapidly

gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

Synonyms of shoot (up)

rocket, skyrocket, soar, zoom

Words Related to shoot (up)

accumulate, appreciate, balloon, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, snowball, swell, wax

crest, peak, surge

heighten, intensify

Near Antonyms of shoot (up)

contract, decrease, diminish, drop, lessen, wane

Antonyms of shoot (up)

nose-dive, plummet, plunge, slump, tumble

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