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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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If you said, ``We're no longer going to allow on-air advertising for candidates and the networks must provide a certain amount of time for debates,'' the networks would go ballistic. BARRY FOR PRESIDENT `MAN OF THE YEAR' DIRECTOR ON WHAT'S WRONG WITH ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Then, when the merchant says enough is enough, they go ballistic. Is the customer always right? by Lacter, Mark / Los Angeles Business Journal What causes some adults to go ballistic over kids' games? POOR SPORTS by McCollum, Sean / Junior Scholastic More results

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If you said, ``We're no longer going to allow on-air advertising for candidates and the networks must provide a certain amount of time for debates,'' the networks would go ballistic.

BARRY FOR PRESIDENT `MAN OF THE YEAR' DIRECTOR ON WHAT'S WRONG WITH ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Then, when the merchant says enough is enough, they go ballistic.

Is the customer always right? by Lacter, Mark / Los Angeles Business Journal

What causes some adults to go ballistic over kids' games?

POOR SPORTS by McCollum, Sean / Junior Scholastic

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