SKYROCKET Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

skyrocket

verb

Definition of skyrocket

as in to soar

to rise abruptly and rapidly the crisis has caused oil prices to skyrocket

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Recent Examples of skyrocket However, the company’s lobbying skyrocketed 75 percent during the first nine months of 2025 over 2024 levels as Congress debated whether to extend enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies. — Megan R. Wilson, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026 Tuition and fees at many colleges and universities have skyrocketed. — Kathleen Plinske, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 Amid skyrocketing measles cases, historic death counts, and dropping vaccination rates, public health messaging on the virus often emphasizes its potential harms. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026 The average ticket price for opening night, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, skyrocketed to $1,894, the highest ever for a regular-season NBA game, a sore spot after an outcry last season over longtime fans being priced out of the playoffs. — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for skyrocket

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The trend marks a stark turn from earlier this decade, when sellers often received well above their asking price as home shoppers empowered by rock-bottom mortgage rates fueled a buying frenzy that sent home prices soaring.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Since October 7th, antisemitic acts have soared, from fewer than five hundred incidents in 2022 to more than fifteen hundred in 2023 and again in 2024, with thirteen hundred and twenty acts reported last year.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

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Kim Hong-Cheol, the South Korean military official, said leaving the dispute over the military demarcation line unresolved would increase the risk of accidental clashes because troops from both sides act on their own understanding of the line.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
As rain chances increase overnight, the temperature will drop to 40 degrees.

— Hali Smith October 23, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

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