- connected with ballisticsOxford Collocations DictionaryBallistic is used with these nouns:
- missile
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from ballista ‘a catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones’ + -ic.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See ballistic in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarygo ballistic
- (informal) to become very angry
- He went ballistic when I told him.
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