go ballistic
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go ballistic verb
- To become very angry and irrational.“The guy went ballistic when I tried to tell him he couldn't return the socks if the package had been opened.”
- For a usually rocket powered, predominantly non-glide projectile or aerial vehicle, such as a ballistic missile, to travel to its target partly via unpowered ballistic or quasi-ballistic flight, usually following burnout of its rocket motor
- For a powered, usually guided missile or other aerial vehicle to travel on an unguided or ballistic trajectory, having lost power, control or guidance
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