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Maj Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Go ballistic

Could someone explain and provide us with an example?

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It's slang, especially in American or Canadian English, it means to become incensed or act in a hysterical manner. eg. "After hearing he was fired from his job, Robert went ballistic" (I changed go to went to match the tense of the rest of the sentence).

— Migo

  • It's slang, especially in American or Canadian English, it means to become incensed or act in a hysterical manner.
  • eg.
  • "After hearing he was fired from his job, Robert went ballistic" (I changed go to went to match the tense of the rest of the sentence).
  • It usually implies that the person going ballistic is throwing things around, is displaying their displeasure in a physical manner or is on the verge of doing either.
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It's slang, especially in American or Canadian English, it means to become incensed or act in a hysterical manner.

eg. "After hearing he was fired from his job, Robert went ballistic" (I changed go to went to match the tense of the rest of the sentence).

It usually implies that the person going ballistic is throwing things around, is displaying their displeasure in a physical
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Maj,

Another popular slang term that is an synonym for "ballistic" is "postal". This is NOT answering question, but it is simply an additional item for your learning.

According to [url="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=postal&f=1"]UrbanDictionary.com's definiti
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