rocket
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(verb) shoot up abruptly |
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Synonyms: skyrocket |
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Related Words: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise |
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| 2. |
(noun) a device containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion |
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Synonyms: rocket engine |
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Related Words: booster, booster rocket, booster unit, jet engine, multistage rocket, retrorocket, space rocket, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket |
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(noun) any vehicle propelled by a rocket_engine |
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Related Words: missile, research rocket, test instrument vehicle, test rocket, vehicle |
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(noun) propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon |
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Synonyms: skyrocket |
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Related Words: visual signal |
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| 5. |
(noun) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender |
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Synonyms: Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, arugula, garden rocket, rocket salad, roquette |
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Related Words: herb, herbaceous plant |
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(noun) sends a firework display high into the sky |
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Synonyms: skyrocket |
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Related Words: firework, pyrotechnics |
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