rocketing 1 of 2

adjective

as in rapid

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rocketing

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verb

present participle of rocket
1
as in speeding
to proceed or move quickly the startled cat rocketed out of the room

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2
as in soaring
to rise abruptly and rapidly the child actor rocketed to stardom at the age of eight

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Recent Examples of rocketing
Verb
The affordability amendments are geared to protect homeowners from sky-rocketing property taxes. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026 Wilson took the kick, rocketing her shot to Morché’s left to give Portland a 2-0 lead in the 28th minute. — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026 News that the Houthis had captured strategic Red Sea locations helped send oil prices rocketing on Thursday. — Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 Link went into an uncontrollable spin soon after rocketing to Swift’s rescue in July. — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Surveillance footage obtained by The News shows the explosion erupting on the building’s second floor, sending glass and other debris rocketing across the street. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 Five months ago, Alayna Gibson, Holland Gillis and Sylvia Torkelson were all crammed onto a single snowmobile, rocketing across a wide snowfield toward Mount Erebus in Antarctica. — Cooper Worth, Des Moines Register, 20 July 2026 Shares have fully recovered from a deep dive early last year, rocketing more than 40% in the past 12 months. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 Buffalo Gap National Grassland is wide open in every direction—no trees, no buildings, nothing to blunt the gusts—and my bike zigzags, rocketing my stomach into my esophagus. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rocketing
  1. rapid
  2. speeding
  3. soaring
  4. meteoric
  5. flying
  6. skyrocketing
  7. lightning
  8. scurrying
Adjective
  • Noonan's column also manifests the larger substantive concern, already being expressed by some of those involved in the rapid development of AI, that the new technology could escape human control and even threaten the existence of humankind.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Josemar Lauriano Pereira, a 46-year-old lawyer, said that the rapid availability of results helped combat fraud and uncertainty.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of rapid
Verb
  • The Malibu City Council declared a local emergency in November 2023 over dangerous conditions on PCH, weeks after a speeding driver struck and killed four Pepperdine University students along the highway.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Futurist Ramez Naam, writing on Noahpinion, argues the labs’ data shows AI speeding up coding far more than research.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of speeding
Verb
  • Oracle founder Larry Ellison dethroned Musk as the richest person in the world briefly last year after his company’s breakout earnings report sent shares soaring by 36%.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The soaring legal costs have come under greater scrutiny in recent years as Los Angeles’ financial problems have gotten worse.
    — Sean Greene, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of soaring
Adjective
  • Matvei Gridin, Calgary Flames Gridin’s meteoric rise was one of the best stories for the Flames last season.
    — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Ellison is aiming to finalize the merger next week, capping his meteoric rise to becoming one of the industry’s most influential figures.
    — L.A. Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of meteoric
Verb
  • Bombers flying from South Dakota to targets in Iran would cost more in fuel and flying time than those taking off from England's Cotswolds region, which is 3,900 miles closer to Tehran.
    — Steve Hendrix, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Experts who study bats say that, although residents should practice caution, the odds of getting rabies from the flying creatures remain very low.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of flying
Verb
  • The Lotte sticks out from its Downtown surroundings, the shiny glass of the tower skyrocketing up from the otherwise ordinary city streets.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The union’s foremost demand has been a contract that guarantees wages commensurate with the skyrocketing cost of living for a single adult New Yorker.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of skyrocketing
Adjective
  • Digital assets are moving at hyper-lightning speed.
    — Manny Khan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Definition of lightning
Verb
  • But she, and New York Times journalists observing the raid, were soon distracted by a group of cockroaches scurrying past an oil canister.
    — Zishaan a Latif, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • There are cities where rats are glimpsed at night, furtively scurrying into a dark corner or among the train tracks.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of scurrying

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“Rocketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rocketing. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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