Meaning & use
skyrocketing
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Increasing very rapidly and dramatically, like a rocket shooting upward.
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Housing prices have been skyrocketing in the city for the past two years.
Demand for the product is skyrocketing after the celebrity endorsement.
A note on using this word
Commonly used in economics and business writing to describe sudden, sharp increases in prices, costs, or demand.
Words with a similar meaning
soaringsurging
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Words with an opposite meaning
plummeting
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