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ballistic
adjective
extremely angry; out of control US, 1985 Originally applied to an out-of-control missile.- Officer Nelson Hareem went ballistic and put the hot flogger in a neck brace for three weeks. — Seth Morgan, Fugitive Nights, p. 32, 1990
- “Your dad was pissed, huh?” “Totally ballistic.” — C.D. Payne, Youth in Revolt, p. 302, 1993
- I totally choked. My father is going to go ballistic on me. — Clueless, 1995
- [H]e takes one big hit [of cocaine] up one nostril and one up the other one, one straight after the other. He immediately goes fuckin’ ballistic. He’s twitching and clapping his hands. — J.J. Connolly, Know Your Enemy [britpulp], p. 141, 1999
- Mommy goes ballistic and ends their relationship. — Cruel Intentions, 1999
- It’s hard being a bloke, because you’ve nobody to call on if things go ballistic[.] — Jonathan Gash, The Ten Word Game, pp. 15–16, 2003
- Both the Beckhams went ballistic. — The Guardian, p. 4, 12 June 2003
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