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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.





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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


Words linked to "Skyrocket" :   lift, pyrotechnic, move up, firework, go up, arise, rocket, uprise, rise, come up, visual signal


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