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go ballistic
(encz) | go ballistic, |
go ballistic
(gcide) | Ballistic \Bal*lis"tic\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the ballista, or to the art of hurling
stones or missile weapons by means of an engine.
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2. Pertaining to ballistics[2], or to a projectile in a
gravitational field.
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3. frenzied; very angry; -- used mostly in the phrase
go ballistic. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
Ballistic pendulum, an instrument consisting of a mass of
wood or other material suspended as a pendulum, for
measuring the force and velocity of projectiles by means
of the arc through which their impact impels it.
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go ballistic
(wn) | go ballistic
v 1: get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor
combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very
elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" [syn:
flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof,
hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust,
blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig,
lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic] |
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