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rocketing

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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Private equity was especially benefited between around 1982 and 2000 by rocketing stock-market values and collapsing interest rates.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

When they noticed their app rocketing up the charts, even top executives at Dick’s were stunned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

The alternative was bills rocketing and the "potential for blackouts, tipping people in poverty into not being able to pay their bills, even dying, and a winter of discontent".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

After rocketing above $100 a barrel for the first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, oil prices pared gains and slid back under the key threshold.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

Attempting tricks she knew she couldn't do, rocketing to the ground over and over again.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds