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go ballistic
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go ballistic and go postal
Fig. to become irrationally enraged. (Ballistic refers to a missile launching; postal refers to an enraged post office employee attacking those at his place of work. See also go into orbit.) The boss went ballistic when he saw my expense report. She was so mad, I thought she was going to go postal.
go ballistic  (informal)
to become very angry and start shouting or behaving violently Apparently, he told Sandra that he'd been out for a drink with his ex-girlfriend and she went ballistic.
go ballistic
to become extremely upset and excited It took almost an hour to get our food, and Mike almost went ballistic when they brought him the wrong thing.
Related vocabulary: blow your top
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GAO-09-856 September 16, 2009 In 2002, the Department of Defense (DOD) began developing and rapidly fielding a global Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) composed of elements that include radars, interceptors, and command and control systems.
Missile Defense: DOD Needs to More Fully Assess Requirements and ... by General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
Thunder over the Horizon: From V-2 Rockets to Ballistic Missiles by Clayton K.
Thunder over the Horizon: From V-2 Rockets to Ballistic Missiles by James, Jeffrey / Air & Space Power Journal
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Armed with weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the global proliferation of ballistic missiles is introducing more widely the means of modern strategic warfare that were once the purview of only a small number of countries.
Missile defense and NATO security by DeBiaso, Peppino A. / Joint Force Quarterly
 
 
 
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