n. 25B6; noun
guerrillas fired rockets at them : MISSILE, projectile.
they lit some colourful rockets : FIREWORK, Roman candle, banger.
(Brit. informal) he got a rocket from the boss. : See lecture noun sense 2.
25B6; verb
prices have rocketed : SHOOT UP, soar, increase, rise, escalate, spiral; informal go through the roof.
they rocketed into the alley : SPEED, zoom, shoot, whizz, tear, career; Brit. informal bomb; N. Amer. informal barrel, hightail it.
plummet.