Definitions

rocket

[rok-it] / ˈrɒk ɪt /

NOUN

projectile

Synonyms

STRONGEST

booster firework intercontinental ballistic missile missile spacecraft spaceship torpedo weapon

STRONG

ICBM

WEAK

guided missile

VERB

shoot up

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ascend climb escalate grow lift rise sail skyrocket soar take off zoom

STRONG

tower

WEAK

go through the ceiling

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decline decrease descend diminish drop go down lessen lower weaken

Example Sentences

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Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck seemed to stand even less of a chance when he founded the company in 2006, as an amateur rocketeer with no college degree and no funding.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Rocket Lab successfully completed 21 Electron launches in 2025, giving Wall Street a major boost of confidence in the company.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Krieger’s investment plunged him into an open-source intelligence community that obsessively tracks every crumb of Rocket Lab news and data.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Missile defense systems, orbital data centers, asteroid mining and Mars colonies: The final frontier beckons with untold riches and glory that Rocket Lab and others are racing to claim.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The Bombay Green Rocket dropped out of the sky.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

rocket

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