shooting (up) (Meaning)
shooting (up)
to shoot or shoot at especially recklessly, to inject (a narcotic drug) into a vein, to inject a narcotic into a vein
Synonyms & Antonyms of shooting (up)
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Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- bourgeoning
- waxing
- intensifying
- snowballing
- expanding
- mounting
- escalating
- burgeoning
- multiplying
- ballooning
- enlarging
- proliferating
- mushrooming
- accumulating
- cresting
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
shooting (up) Sentence Examples
- The plants were shooting up towards the sunlight.
- The building was shooting up at an alarming rate.
- The stock prices were shooting up rapidly.
- The bullet shot up into the air after ricocheting off the ground.
- The rocket was shooting up into the sky, leaving a trail of smoke behind.
- The temperature was shooting up, reaching record highs.
- The crowd was shooting up their hands in excitement.
- The infection was spreading rapidly, the numbers shooting up overnight.
- The flames were shooting up high into the night sky.
- The pain was shooting up my arm, making it unbearable to move.
FAQs About the word shooting (up)
to shoot or shoot at especially recklessly, to inject (a narcotic drug) into a vein, to inject a narcotic into a vein
soaring, increasing, zooming, swelling, skyrocketing, peaking, building up, rocketing,surging, bourgeoning
slumping, collapsing, plummeting, falling,plunging, tumbling, nose-diving, dropping,decreasing, waning
The plants were shooting up towards the sunlight.
The building was shooting up at an alarming rate.
The stock prices were shooting up rapidly.
The bullet shot up into the air after ricocheting off the ground.
