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skyrocket [ˈskaɪˌrɒkɪt] n (Astronautics) another word for rocket1 [1] vb
(intr) Informal to rise rapidly, as in price ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations skyrocket [ˈskaɪˌrɒkɪt] A. N → cohete m B. VI → subir(como un cohete) (fig) [prices etc] → ponerse por las nubes, dispararse skyrocket [ˈskaɪrɒkɪt] vi [prices, rates, costs] → monter en flèche the skyrocketing costs of health care BUT la flambée des dépenses de santé. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When I think of this deggerredation, I fell that I can bear even my flat nose and purple gown with yellow skyrockets on it. Old Monson is worth every dollar of $700,000--none of your skyrockets, but a known, old fortune, in substantial houses and lands-- let us suppose the old woman outlive him, and that she gets her full thirds; THAT will leave $466,660. Formerly I had come to this pond adventurously, from time to time, in dark summer nights, with a companion, and, making a fire close to the water's edge, which we thought attracted the fishes, we caught pouts with a bunch of worms strung on a thread, and when we had done, far in the night, threw the burning brands high into the air like skyrockets, which, coming down into the pond, were quenched with a loud hissing, and we were suddenly groping in total darkness. |
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