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Skyrocket   /skˈaɪrˌɑkət/   Listen
Skyrocket

noun
1.
Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon.  Synonym: rocket.
2.
Sends a firework display high into the sky.  Synonym: rocket.
verb
1.
Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket.  Synonym: rocket.






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"Skyrocket" Quotes from Famous Books



... prouder than ever of Cartwright College." And, as he got up he said, as though still at the game, "The 'locomotive' now!" and gave Cartwright's favorite yell as a solo, while Marty and Joe grinned approval and some students passing in the street answered it with the "skyrocket." ...
— John Wesley, Jr. - The Story of an Experiment • Dan B. Brummitt

... grew unbearable in its intensity; then suddenly it burst like a skyrocket and a blinding rain of fire enveloped him. He stood ...
— Septimus • William J. Locke

... to that," returned the youth, slightly hurt by the implied doubt as to his courage, "if you are willing to risk going off the earth like a skyrocket, I am quite ready to take ...
— Blown to Bits - The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago • R.M. Ballantyne

... out into the kitchen as quietly as she could, for she didn't want the cat to see her. But the savage animal, who had made his tail as big as a skyrocket, was getting ready to eat Mrs. Longtail, and he was going to begin head first. So he didn't ...
— Bully and Bawly No-Tail • Howard R. Garis

... ever of Cartwright College." And, as he got up he said, as though still at the game, "The 'locomotive' now!" and gave Cartwright's favorite yell as a solo, while Marty and Joe grinned approval and some students passing in the street answered it with the "skyrocket." ...
— John Wesley, Jr. - The Story of an Experiment • Dan B. Brummitt

... searchlight. Then, just as I turned the switch, I saw, rising from a point near the base of the Mercutian Light, what appeared to be a skyrocket. ...
— The Fire People • Ray Cummings



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