ballistic

adjective

bə-ˈli-stik How to pronounce ballistic (audio)
Definition of ballisticnext
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 Sanon and several associates flew to Haiti from South Florida on a private jet, smuggling a handful of ballistic vests supplied by a Doral-area security company, prosecutors said. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 Those heavy-for-caliber projectiles penetrate well and shoot flat and do a decent job of bucking the wind thanks to their high ballistic coefficients. — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026 The attack involved ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones and decoys. — Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026 Like Michael Myers at the end of Halloween, Amisha survived her various ballistic injuries culminating in a multistory fall to the ground. — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ballistic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ballistic
  1. angry
  2. mad
  3. furious
  4. indignant
  5. enraged
  6. outraged
  7. angered
  8. infuriate
Adjective
  • Protests by high school students angry about dilapidated, understaffed schools have roiled France since mid-September.
    — JOHN LEICESTER, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Keeping The Faith So all’s well that ends well, and frantic, for Halfway 2 Jesus, Rock’s 13th album and the follow-up to 2022’s angry, politically charged Bad Reputation.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of angry
Adjective
  • Richard Dawkins, the British evolutionary theorist and author of the groundbreaking best seller The Selfish Gene (1976), among many other books, appears to have gone a bit mad.
    — James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Mel Brooks’ comedy The Producers also took a poke at that mad man with Springtime for Hitler.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • Before long there were three squad cars with lights flashing parked in the drive, with a furious Grandpa Joe trying to sort out the trouble.
    — Kerry Kennedy, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The conflicts are raw and unresolved, and Churchill forces theatergoers to make up their own minds about the characters’ furious dialect.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of furious
Adjective
  • His tone was reminiscent of the indignant woman in Yamaska who’d unloaded on me while walking her dog.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The same people who were indignant over Hunter Biden have turned a blind eye to the conflicts of interest rife in this administration.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of indignant
Adjective
  • And not just any velociraptor, but the enraged dinosaur that pushed franchise champion Rachel Reilly into a volcano, thereby burning the reality TV icon to a crisp in a sea of lava.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole.
    — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of enraged
Adjective
  • Tall Paul said through an outraged mouthful of banoffee doughnut.
    — Kevin Barry, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
  • After a concertgoer died in the audience at a Carson music festival on Saturday, an artist is outraged the show continued while the deceased was still on-site.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of outraged
Adjective
  • The bar has been sparsely attended on what would normally be busy Saturday nights as some angered customers have called for a boycott, according to The Boston Globe.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of angered
Adjective
  • Such programming disputes can lead to blackouts that infuriate customers.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of infuriate

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“Ballistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ballistic. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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