to skyrocket

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To increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike

The shortage caused prices to skyrocket.

a type of firework that uses a solid rocket motor to rise quickly into the sky where it emits a variety of effects such as stars, bangs, crackles, etc
a rebuke, a scolding
pocket
{n} a firework that rises very high
A rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks
If prices or amounts skyrocket, they suddenly increase by a very large amount. Production has dropped while prices and unemployment have skyrocketed. the skyrocketing costs of health care. if a price or an amount skyrockets, it greatly increases very quickly
{i} rocket firework that explodes high in the air in a display of colorful sparks
propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
{f} rise suddenly and rapidly, catapult; cause to rise or increase abruptly, propel upward
shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed"
sends a firework display high into the sky
to skyrocket

    Hyphenation

    to sky·rock·et

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı skayräkıt

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈskīˌräkət/ /tə ˈskaɪˌrɑːkət/

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    ... small businesses were seeing costs skyrocket and they couldn't get affordable coverage ...
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