Collocations for "rocket"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "rocket" in context.
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rocket
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [shrapnel, fuel, burnout] from the rocket
- [launch, inspect, design, build] a rocket
- [builds, launches] model rockets
- a scale model of the rocket
- sent a rocket to [space, Mars, the Moon]
- the rocket blasted off (into space)
- an unmanned rocket to [probe, study, discover, send supplies]
- was the first rocket to [reach, land on, explore]
- the rocket is on the launch pad
- fired the [ship's, shuttle's] rockets
- the rocket's propellant
- fired rockets from the [plane, jet]
- loaded the [plane] with rockets
- a barrage of rockets
- the blast of the rocket
- aimed the rockets at enemy [supply lines, positions]
- rockets fired by the [rebels, enemy, air force]
- [fire, aim] rockets [at, towards]
- [sales, his popularity, the economy] rocketed
- rocket up the [charts, standings]
- rocket into [space, the air, the sky]
- the [missile, capsule, shuttle] was rocketed into [space]
- the [plane, spacecraft, jet] rocketed ahead
- rocketed to [fame, stardom, success]
- the [city, building, area] was rocketed
- [traveling, moving, going] at rocket speed
- killed by a rocket launcher
- rocket [burnout, shrapnel, fuel]
- informal: don't need to be a rocket scientist to [figure, work] it out!
- works as a rocket scientist
- [heard, saw, felt] the rocket blast
- the theory of rocket propulsion
'rocket' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):