ballistic

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bal·lis·tic /bəˈlɪstɪk/ adjectiveadj

go ballistic spoken to suddenly become very angry 突然发怒

I couldn’t believe it! She went ballistic just because there were peas in her pasta.

我都没法相信！就因为面里有豌豆，她就勃然大怒。

Examples from the Corpus

ballistic• The Western hemisphere would soon be in range of and vulnerable to Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles, carrying megaton warheads.• Several time zones away, a nuclear submarine conducted a surprise test-firing of two long-range ballistic missiles.• The commission was expected to recommend the on-site destruction of ballistic missiles.• The Wyoming was carrying only nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles.• We must consider whether it would be desirable or possible to do so to sea-launched ballistic missiles.• We will in addition work for a global ban on chemical and biological weapons and stronger controls to prevent proliferation of ballistic missiles.

Origin ballistic

(1900-2000) ballistic “of ballistics” ((18-21 centuries)), from Latin ballista “weapon for throwing large rocks”, from Greek, from ballein “to throw”

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BNC: 17201 COCA: 9950

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