rocket-propelled

Describes something that is propelled by a rocket engine; often used metaphorically to mean extremely fast or powerful.

• 🇫🇷Décrit quelque chose propulsé par un moteur-fusée ; souvent utilisé métaphoriquement pour désigner quelque chose d'extrêmement rapide ou puissant.

1. Propelled by a rocket engine B2 formal

   Moved or driven forward by the thrust of a rocket engine.

   • The rocket-propelled grenade was launched from a shoulder-mounted tube.
   • Rocket-propelled vehicles can reach extreme speeds in space.
   • The military uses rocket-propelled missiles for long-range attacks.

   🇫🇷propulsé par fusée

2. Moving with great speed or force B2 informal

   Moving extremely fast or with sudden, powerful acceleration, as if driven by a rocket.

   • The car took off with rocket-propelled speed down the highway.
   • Her career had a rocket-propelled rise after the successful product launch.
   • The athlete's rocket-propelled sprint left the competition behind.

   🇫🇷propulsé comme une fusée

   Synonymes: blisteringbreakneckexplosivefasthigh-speedjet-propelledlightningmeteoricquickrapidspeedyswift

   Antonymes: slowsluggish

• more rocket-propelled comparative form
• most rocket-propelled superlative form