rocketed

Verb

rocket (third-person singular simple present rockets, present participle rocketing, simple past and past participle rocketed)

1. (ambitransitive) To accelerate swiftly and powerfully.
   • With Free Guy, Reynolds gets just a little more in touch with his Carrey side via nothing less than his own version of The Truman Show, shorn of its daydream dread and rocketed into the age of Fortnite.2021 August 6, A. A. Dowd, “The Ryan Reynolds action-comedy Free Guy is a Truman Show for the Fortnite age”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2022
2. To fly vertically.
3. To rise or soar rapidly.
   • The project was attractive because of the ability to maximise the use of existing and decommissioned railways, minimise land take, and decrease the amount of disruption during the project. With London land prices rocketing, there was also a significant financial incentive.2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, pages 48–49

   Synonyms:

   skyrocket

4. To experience sudden fame, popularity, or success.
   • After spending years in obscurity, the band finally rocketed last week.
5. To carry something in a rocket.
6. To attack something with rockets.

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