| NOUN | artifact | rocket, projectile | any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine |
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| artifact | rocket, rocket engine | a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion | |
| plant | rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa | erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender | |
| communication | rocket, skyrocket | propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon | |
| artifact | rocket, skyrocket | sends a firework display high into the sky | |
| VERB | motion | rocket, skyrocket | shoot up abruptly, like a rocket |
| contact | rocket | propel with a rocket |
| Sounds | raa'kaht | |
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| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine. | |
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| Synonym | projectile | |
| Parts | rocket, rocket engine | A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion |
| Narrower | missile | A rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives |
| multistage rocket, step rocket | A rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted | |
| test rocket, research rocket, test instrument vehicle | A rocket fired for test purposes | |
| Broader | vehicle | A conveyance that transports people or objects |
| Spanish | cohete | |
| Catalan | coet | |
| Verbs | rocket | propel with a rocket |
| Meaning | A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion. | |
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| Synonym | rocket engine | |
| Part of | rocket, projectile | Any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine |
| Narrower | booster, booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocket | The first stage / stage of a multistage rocket |
| nuclear rocket | A rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant | |
| retrorocket | A small rocket engine on a larger / larger rocket or spacecraft that is fired to slow or alter its course | |
| space rocket | A rocket powerful enough to travel into outer space | |
| thruster | A small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft | |
| Broader | jet engine | A gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion |
| Spanish | cohete, motor de cohete | |
| Catalan | coet, motor de coet | |
| Meaning | Erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender. | |
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| Synonyms | roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa | |
| Member of | Eruca, genus Eruca | annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | eruca sativa, jaramago, oruga, roqueta, ruca, rúcula | |
| Catalan | eruca sativa, Eruca sativa, ruca | |
| Meaning | propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon. | |
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| Synonym | skyrocket | |
| Broader | visual signal | A signal that involves visual communication |
| Spanish | cohete | |
| Meaning | Sends a firework display high into the sky. | |
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| Synonym | skyrocket | |
| Broader | firework, pyrotechnic | (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames |
| Spanish | cohete | |
| Catalan | coet | |
| Meaning | Shoot up abruptly, like a rocket. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "prices skyrocketed" | |
| Synonym | skyrocket | |
| Broader | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
| Spanish | disparar | |
| Catalan | disparar | |
| Meaning | propel with a rocket. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | propel, impel | Cause to move forward with force |
| Spanish | disparar, subir vertiginosamente | |
| Catalan | disparar | |
| Nouns | rocket | any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine |
| rocketry | the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation | |
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