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Definition of skyrocket verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

skyrocket

verb

NAmE//ˈskaɪˌrɑkət//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they skyrocket

he / she / it skyrockets

past simple skyrocketed

-ing form skyrocketing

(of prices, etc.) to rise quickly to a very high level Wages and prices have skyrocketed. The economic boom sent property prices skyrocketing.

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