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rocketing

verb as in shoot up

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The only thought rocketing through her mind was: “I cannot believe this is happening—I am an Olympic participant, too!”

The social network made a huge splash with its IPO today, rocketing above its initial share price.

So the story currently rocketing around the Israeli and broader Jewish media is, as they say, a nothing-burger.

Nagle heard of one guy who got slammed in the stomach by a bowling ball that came rocketing out the back of the truck.

They were about doctors willing to go on hunger strike, sky-rocketing cottage cheese prices, and the Arab Spring.

Wade tore loose a giant boulder and sent it rocketing into the heavens.

The observations were extremely difficult because the ship was rocketing around the star in such a rapid orbit.

Dry, rosiny spruce cones and needles rose like feathers high in air, to go rocketing away like sparks from a volcano.

Asked me to be sure and bring her home a rocketing rabbit, because she'd heard they were very valuable.

You're just in the mood for what Jan calls 'rocketing' and Garry's letter, of course, was the spark.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rocketing, such as: take off, sail, escalate, rise, ascend, and zoom.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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