shot up
Rose very fast
Shot up covers rapid upward movement.
Prices shot up, flames shot up, a hand shot up in class.
It also means riddled with bullets: The car was shot up pretty bad.
In drug slang, to shoot up is to inject, especially heroin: He'd been shooting up for years.
rapid growth
Rose sharply and suddenly
- soaredFlew or rose dramatically
- spikedSecretly added alcohol
- surgedIncreased suddenly and forcefully
- rocketedMoved swiftly upward
ballooned · escalated · jumped · leaped · climbed · risen · increased · multiplied
skyrocketed
Rose sharply and suddenly
rocketed · ballooned · escalated · jumped · leaped · climbed · risen · increased · multiplied · exploded
bullet
Fired metal projectile
peppered · ambushed · drive-by · shootout · gunned down · sprayed · strafed · crossfire · volley · barrage
heroin
Illegal addictive opiate
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- syringeMedical injection tool
- mainlinedIntravenously administered drugs
vein · junkie · fix · dose · drugs · intravenous · track marks · overdose · addict · narcotic