go ballistic
idiom
informal
1
: to become very angry
Dad went ballistic when he saw the dent in his car.
2
US : to become very excited
The crowd was going ballistic as the runner took the lead.
go ballistic
phrase
as in anger
to become very angry The partners went ballistic when they lost the business deal of a lifetime. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- anger
- snarl
- forget oneself
- hit the roof
- glare
- flip (out)
- blow up
- snap
- hit the ceiling
- blow a gasket
- blow one's top
- blow one's cool
- lose one's temper
- storm
- fly into a rage
- blow one's stack
- lose one's cool
- have a fit
- flare (up)
- fly off the handle
- tee off
- steam
- rage
- explode
- vituperate
- flash
- warm
- foam
- rant
- fulminate
- bristle
- rave
- sputter
- vent
- flare (out)
- seethe
- glower
- burst
- smolder
- fume
- sizzle
- madden
- smoulder
- burn
- inflame
- enflame
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- calm (down)
- cool (off or down)
- quiet (down)
- simmer down
- relax
- chill out
- hush
- on the blower
- on the boil
- on the bone
- on the books
- on the brain
- on the bright side
- on the brink of
- on the bubble
- on the bum
- on the button
- on the cards
- on the carpet
- on the cheap
- on the chopping block
- on the condition that
- on the contrary
- on the couch
- on the credit side
- on the critical list
- on the cuff
- on the cusp
- on the cutting-room floor
- on the day
- on the debit side
- on the decline