Meaning & use
rocket
A vehicle or device propelled by burning fuel that shoots out at high speed, used to launch spacecraft or weapons.
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The rocket lifted off the launch pad in a cloud of smoke and flame.
Engineers carefully tested the new rocket engine before the scheduled mission.
A note on using this word
Used figuratively, rocket describes something rising very fast, as in prices rocketed overnight.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To increase or move extremely quickly.
Sales rocketed after the product appeared on national television.
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