bal‧lis‧tic /bəˈlɪstɪk/
adjective[
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: ballistic 'of ballistics' (18-21 centuries), from Latin ballista 'weapon for throwing large rocks', from Greek, from ballein 'to throw']
go ballistic spoken to suddenly become very angry:
I couldn’t believe it! She went ballistic just because there were peas in her pasta. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲