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
The main changes occur on the upper, which swaps out the shoe’s usual ballistic nylon for a full-leather construction that extends to the lace loops, heel tabs and tongues.
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 24 Jan. 2026
What’s left is to use a ballistic solver of some sort to come up with your elevation and windage corrections.
—John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026
But the car—small, low to the ground, and exceedingly heavy, owing to the ballistic steel and glass—is not suited to a city like Caracas, which is rife with steep inclines and deep potholes, and is best travelled in a four-by-four.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 300 drones, along with ballistic and cruise missiles, struck eight regions overnight Tuesday.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 24 Jan. 2026
What’s left is to use a ballistic solver of some sort to come up with your elevation and windage corrections.
—John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026
But the car—small, low to the ground, and exceedingly heavy, owing to the ballistic steel and glass—is not suited to a city like Caracas, which is rife with steep inclines and deep potholes, and is best travelled in a four-by-four.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 300 drones, along with ballistic and cruise missiles, struck eight regions overnight Tuesday.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballistic
Adjective
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Local sheriffs have stepped up their efforts to warn residents of wolf sightings, posting alerts on social media that have garnered hundreds of comments from both concerned residents and environmentalists angry that the animals are the focus of so much fear and anger.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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When federal agents can show up at your store, detain your employees, raid your parking lot and audit your hiring records, the calculation about whether to criticize federal policy looks very different than when the worst-case scenario is an angry tweet from a politician.—
Alessandro Piazza,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The Department of Homeland Security is slinging money around like mad.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Bugatti is marking the 20th birthday of its extraordinary Veyron with a special-edition hypercar that pays tribute to the 'mad genius' who designed it, Ferdinand Karl Piëch.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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By documenting not just his actions but showing the privilege his race, religion and background afford him in comparison to his colleagues, the film reveals the inherent inequality in whose stories get told, and who’s allowed to be angry, indignant and morally correct.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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The jewelers victimized by the crime are indignant.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Saturday evening, police released a photo of Haile Cummings, 34, who is being sought in connection with the furious shoot-out inside Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Ave.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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That may not be enough to stop furious lawmakers trying to eject the prime minister from office over his failure of judgment.—
Jill Lawless,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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However, her direct and outspoken approach has also led to controversy, with enraged officials in Honduras once wanting to declare her persona non grata.—
Yamlek Mojica Loaisiga,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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And why did that treatment — at least initially — leave Zverev so enraged?—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Board members struggled to convince outraged parents and students that the Dillard, Pompano Beach and Blanche Ely gymnasiums were quality venues for graduation ceremonies.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2026
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Whether that’s a reference to assimilation or invasion isn’t clear, but Canadians were outraged over the comments all the same.—
Joe Wilkins Published Jan 21,
Futurism,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Police said the two male juveniles became angered when the other three would not take them to buy marijuana.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The happy couple strolls around town to do normal couple activities (such as a romantic dinner date or appearing on the Kiss Cam at a sporting event), before Pringle Man is destroyed by rabid fans.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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Then, in 2022, New York legalized online and mobile sports betting and suddenly, rabid fans like Shane were subject to rampant advertising and alluring promotions.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Ballistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballistic. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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