meteoric

/ˌmiːtiˈɒrɪk/ adjective

Definition

› If the development of something is meteoric, it happens very quickly or causes great success: a meteoric career The band's rise to fame was meteoric.

(Definition of meteoric adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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