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Meanings of go ballistic in English

Get very angry and fly into a rage.

Usage of go ballistic in English
1
Gordon will go ballistic if we miss that press conference tomorrow.
Gravity
2
We're agreed that the bottom line is that the fleet will go ballistic.
Beyond The Frontier: Dreadnaught
3
Fatima will broadcast the tape over the Internet and go ballistic.
Bangkok 8
4
That I'm-sorry-but-I've-got-to-do-this expression on Alex's face was about to make Michael go ballistic.
The Rebel
5
Darrell would go ballistic if she let a lawyer in.
Damaged
6
The media will go ballistic if one more celebrity springs to light in this investigation.
The girl who played with fire
7
The ones seen as explosive take it well, the nice and quiet ones go ballistic.
The Guardian
8
If you did and got caught, they'd go ballistic.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
9
At one stage, Bertie really did go ballistic.
The Irish Times
10
She'd go ballistic over her mobile home, and Grampa's car, and want to kick some serious booty.
Calamity jayne
11
Dawn, she'd be shocked and go ballistic.
Come out tonight
12
Don't go ballistic on me, Tessie.
Bulletproof bride
13
To quote one prolific commentator: "My Twitter starts to go ballistic with the outrage." He wasn't wrong.
News.com.au
14
The country would go ballistic.
The Guardian
15
Like you didn't go ballistic?
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
16
You could fire them off at high g for a little while, then cut engines and let them go ballistic.
Caliban's War
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