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spike

verb as in pierce

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The energy inflation spike is behind us, even with today’s bump back up.

From BBC

The tweet prompted an influx of buyers, spiking the price.

From BBC

"Our team started spiking a range of carefully selected small molecules to the plasma with the aim of minimizing the interactions of highly abundant proteins with nanoparticles," Mahmoudi said.

After TSA notified residents in August of an impending 7% rent increase, nearly 40 tenants emailed letters protesting the rent spike and airing grievances, including malfunctioning fire alarms and elevator breakdowns.

Every age group has suffered increases, with the most alarming spike -- nearly fourfold -- in those aged 25 to 34.

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

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