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 information is expected to include traffic camera footage, police body camera footage and analysis from a handwriting expert and ballistic experts.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Authorities also seized a semiautomatic handgun suppressor and two ballistic vests.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Russian drones were also reported to have entered Latvian and Romanian airspace in September, while Poland was forced to scramble fighter jets last week when Russia conducted ballistic and cruise missile strikes on western Ukraine.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Streets in the capital Kyiv remained largely empty Friday morning as Ukraine’s air force warned of the threat of ballistic and cruise missiles potentially targeting parts of the country.
—Daria Tarasova Markina, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Authorities also seized a semiautomatic handgun suppressor and two ballistic vests.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Russian drones were also reported to have entered Latvian and Romanian airspace in September, while Poland was forced to scramble fighter jets last week when Russia conducted ballistic and cruise missile strikes on western Ukraine.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Streets in the capital Kyiv remained largely empty Friday morning as Ukraine’s air force warned of the threat of ballistic and cruise missiles potentially targeting parts of the country.
—Daria Tarasova Markina, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballistic
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Waves of immigration have sparked an angry ethno-nationalism that advantages ideological extremes.—
Charles A. Kupchan,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Many people were really unhappy, depressed and angry, frustrated.—
Gabrielle Emanuel,
NPR,
9 Jan. 2025
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Gabriela Cowperthwaite Twitter aside, there’s no better way to get indignant in a short amount of time than by watching Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary look into the world of captive killer whales.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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If Wired of the 2010s was the cheerful herald of a shiny, happy future (not a judgment!), this piece is its indignant child, pointing accusingly at the mess.—
Longreads,
Longreads,
20 Dec. 2024
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The elaborate choreography and colorful vision match Vincente Minnelli’s style but underneath carry a delirious energy equal to Ken Russell’s maddest visions of neurotic excess.—
Armond White,
National Review,
10 Jan. 2025
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Everton had many mad weeks under former owner Farhad Moshiri, but this one has rivalled them.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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After winning the division to host the championship game, Boston owner and franchise founder George Preston Marshall was furious with the local fans and decided to move the championship game away from his home field to a neutral location: The Polo Grounds in New York.—
Mark Puleo,
The Athletic,
10 Jan. 2025
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Senate Democrats are furious that President-elect Trump has reached out to conservative Justice Samuel Alito amid a push by Trump for the high court to halt his criminal sentencing.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
10 Jan. 2025
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But anyone who knows Fox News knows there are rabid fans of Fox News out there.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 Jan. 2025
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If that wasn't ridiculous enough, the following internet pile-on was so rabid Bieber reached out to Gomez to ask her fans to stop sending her death threats.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
22 Dec. 2024
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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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The two initiatives appeared to both panic and infuriate Kagame, who viewed them as part of a joint attempt by Tshisekedi and Museveni to sideline him economically and strategically.—
Michela Wrong,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Apr. 2023
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“Ballistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballistic. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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