as in angry
feeling or showing anger
she went ballistic when she discovered her brother reading her e-mail
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Recent Examples of ballistic
Russian ballistic and cruise missiles then route around the defenses to strike their targets.
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Eric Schmidt, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2025
Adding in the ballistic and cruise missiles dispatched, which are far more expensive per unit, brings the total price tag of Russia’s 2025 aerial campaign to almost $13.4 billion.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Attack drones, interceptors, cruise missiles, Ukrainian ballistic systems -- these are the key elements.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2025
These include the submarine No. 841 Hero Kim Kun Ok, which is equipped with ballistic and cruise missiles, and two 5,000-ton destroyers.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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Eric Schmidt, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2025
Adding in the ballistic and cruise missiles dispatched, which are far more expensive per unit, brings the total price tag of Russia’s 2025 aerial campaign to almost $13.4 billion.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Attack drones, interceptors, cruise missiles, Ukrainian ballistic systems -- these are the key elements.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2025
These include the submarine No. 841 Hero Kim Kun Ok, which is equipped with ballistic and cruise missiles, and two 5,000-ton destroyers.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballistic
Adjective
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Freed of her caring duties, angry and uncertain about her future Karl gets on a Greyhound bus and heads to Las Vegas where Jean is working as a waitress at the El Cortez.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The family defended themselves against an angry mob of hundreds of people who surrounded the house, throwing rocks and threatening the family, Duggan said.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The YouTuber Andrew Callaghan has been documenting off-kilter American politics since before the 2020 election, but the recent interview on his Channel 5 web show with an indignant Hunter Biden caught wide attention.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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But Hunter speaks with the indignant passion of someone who made nearly $1.5 million selling his art during his father’s campaign and the early years of his administration.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
23 July 2025
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Though it's deemed an accident in the play by Queen Gertrude, Ophelia was considered mad and the possibility of suicide was not ruled out.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Instead, this is an ice hockey-style slide-and-bump affair; hitting an opponent from the side simply gives an annoying temporary jolt (which also disrupts their shooting motion) while hitting an opponent head-on forces a loose ball turnover and a mad scramble for the ball.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
13 Aug. 2025
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During the weekend retreat at Camp David, in 1971, when Nixon’s team arrived at the decision to untether the dollar from gold, Treasury Secretary John Connally dismissed concerns that allies would be furious.—
Wally Adeyemo,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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During the 2013 trial, prosecutors said Arias was furious after Alexander ended their relationship and began seeing someone new, rejecting her attempts to rekindle their romance.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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But don’t count Odenkirk, who was about the age of most of Dahl’s rabid young fans at the time.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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The modes feature enough depth to sate the most rabid football fan.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Ballistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballistic. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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