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How to pronounce rocket in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms skyrocket
Type of pyrotechnic, firework
Type Words
Synonyms skyrocket
Type of visual signal
Type Words
Synonyms arugula, eruca sativa, eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket salad, roquette
Type of herbaceous plant, herb
Type Words
Synonyms projectile
Type of vehicle
Has types test instrument vehicle, step rocket, multistage rocket, missile, research rocket, test rocket
Type Words
Synonyms skyrocket
Type of uprise, arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise


prices skyrocketed.
Type Words
Synonyms rocket engine
Type of jet engine
Has types booster unit, space rocket, thruster, takeoff rocket, nuclear rocket, takeoff booster, retrorocket, booster rocket, booster
Type Words
Type of propel, impel
Derivation rocketry

Examples of rocket

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After a six-year journey an unmanned NASA rocket has reached the planet Mercury.
From the omaha.com
At the time, Israel was responding to rocket attacks from Palestinian territory.
From the upi.com
Tanks and trucks loaded with katyusha rocket launchers and grenades rolled past.
From the charlotteobserver.com
We were continuously on alert for indirect fire of enemy rocket and mortar fire.
From the news-journalonline.com
During the battle, the fighters shot down the helicopter with a rocket, he said.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Army Private Channing Moss was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade in Afghanistan.
From the abcnews.go.com
Grimes has a rocket arm that has been more erratic this season than ever before.
From the kansas.com
The convoy included at least two heavy vehicles carrying large rocket launchers.
From the time.com
One of the papers the next day had the whole England team aboard a lunar rocket.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
  • Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket; "prices skyrocketed"
  • A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
  • Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
  • Propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
  • Skyrocket: sends a firework display high into the sky
  • Rocket is the Primitive Radio Gods' debut album, released on June 18, 1996 by Columbia Records. Their best known hit single from this album, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand", helped launch the band's career. The album is currently out of print.
  • Rocket is an all-girl pop-punk band from Los Angeles, California.
  • Rocket is a fictional character a comic book superhero published by DC Comics. An original character from DC's Milestone Comics imprint, she first appeared in Icon #1 (May 1993), and was created by Dwayne McDuffie and Mark Bright.