ballistic Definition
bal·lis·tic (bə lis′tik)
adjective
- of or connected with ballistics
- of the motion and force of projectiles
Etymology: < ballista
ballistic Idioms
go ballistic
☆ Informalto become so angry as to lose emotional control
ballistic Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
- absolutely: This fish went absolutely ballistic putting to shame any coarse fish of a similar size.
- completely: She would go completely ballistic if she saw that we let anyone even touch the Walker.
- not: These are not ballistic moves, they are dynamic in nature.
Modifies a noun
- missile: Several of them include medium range ballistic missiles, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead for a distance of more than 1,000 nautical miles.
- nylon: The material is 1680 Denier ballistic nylon, which I am led to believe has twice the strength of normal nylon.
- submarine: The Royal Navy possess a single class of four ballistic missile submarines, the Vanguard class.
- proliferation: We support ongoing efforts to achieve a code of conduct against ballistic missile proliferation on the basis of these ideas.
- defense: Take, for example, our approach to ballistic missile defense.
- trajectory: Namely, there was no effective software check of observed radar track for ballistic trajectory.
Used with adjective complement
go: Off course I went ballistic, using all sorts of Anglo - Saxon words not taught in Sunday School in my day.
Browse dictionary entries near ballistic
- ‹ ballista
- ‹ Balliett,Whitney
- ‹ ballhawk
- ‹ ballhandler
- ‹ ballgame
- ‹ balletomane
- ‹ ballet dancer
- ‹ ballet
- ‹ ballerina
- ‹ ballcarrier

