shoot up
Grow very fast
Shoot up has several meanings united by rapid upward movement or sudden intensity.
Children shoot up when they grow quickly: He shot up six inches over the summer.
Prices or temperatures shoot up when they spike.
To shoot up a place is to fire weapons indiscriminately into it: Gunmen shot up the bar.
In drug slang, to shoot up is to inject drugs intravenously: He was shooting up heroin in the bathroom.
New plant emergence
- germinateBegin plant development
- spring upAppear abruptly
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- skyrocketRise sharply and suddenly
soar · rocket · spurt · elongate · stretch · tall · height · beanstalk
Sudden powerful increase
- spikeSharp rise or point
- skyrocketRise sharply and suddenly
- soarAscend to heights
- balloonInflatable rubber sac
jump · climb · rise · swell · escalate · explode · rocket · boom
Medical injection tool
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- heroinIllegal addictive opiate
- intravenousInto the vein
- veinVessel toward heart
dose · hypodermic · morphine · opioid · insulin · subcutaneous · intramuscular · mainline
sprout
New plant emergence
skyrocket · soar · rocket · spurt · elongate · stretch · tall · height · beanstalk · adolescent
surge
Sudden powerful increase
balloon · jump · climb · rise · swell · escalate · explode · rocket · boom · inflation
syringe
Medical injection tool
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- heroinIllegal addictive opiate
- intravenousInto the vein
vein · dose · hypodermic · morphine · opioid · insulin · subcutaneous · intramuscular · mainline · track marks
dependence
State of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- overdoseHarmful excess intake
- rehabAddiction treatment program
craving · tolerance · detox · methadone · relapse · habit · high · substance abuse · junkie · narcotics
gunfire
Discharge of weapons
spray · strafe · peppered · assault · ambush · drive-by · barrage · volley · target · rampage
shot, shoot, shooting, shoots, shooter, shooting star, overshoot, sharpshooter, undershoot