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Definition of skyrocket verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

skyrocket

verb
 
/ˈskaɪrɒkɪt/
 
/ˈskaɪrɑːkɪt/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they skyrocket
 
/ˈskaɪrɒkɪt/
 
/ˈskaɪrɑːkɪt/
he / she / it skyrockets
 
/ˈskaɪrɒkɪts/
 
/ˈskaɪrɑːkɪts/
past simple skyrocketed
 
/ˈskaɪrɒkɪtɪd/
 
/ˈskaɪrɑːkɪtɪd/
past participle skyrocketed
 
/ˈskaɪrɒkɪtɪd/
 
/ˈskaɪrɑːkɪtɪd/
-ing form skyrocketing
 
/ˈskaɪrɒkɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈskaɪrɑːkɪtɪŋ/
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  1. (of prices, etc.) to rise quickly to a very high level
    • Wages and prices have skyrocketed.
    • The economic boom sent property prices skyrocketing.
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySkyrocket is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • price
    • rate
    • sale
    See full entry
See skyrocket in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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