Ballistic definition

bə-lĭstĭk

To go ballistic is to get angry and lose your temper.

An example of someone going ballistic is a parent whose child repeatedly defied her rules.

verb

Of or relating to projectiles, their motion, or their effects.

adjective

Of or relating to the study of the internal action of firearms.

adjective

(not comparable) Or relating to ballistics.

adjective

Of or relating to the study of the dynamics of projectiles.

adjective

(comparable) Or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, air drag, gravity and sometimes rocket power.

adjective

(comparable, slang) Very angry.

When he heard him lie about it, he went ballistic.

adjective

Of the motion and force of projectiles.

adjective

The definition of ballistic is something that has to do with ammunition, bombs, shells or other projectiles.

An example of something that can be described as ballistic is a training in usage of ammunition.

adjective

Of or connected with ballistics.

adjective

(slang) go ballistic

idiom

(slang) go ballistic

idiom

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

From ballista

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin ballista (“a military siege engine for throwing stones”).

From Wiktionary