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What does go ballistic mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) To become very angry and irrational.
  2. (aeronautics) for a usually rocket powered, predominantly non-glide projectile or aerial vehicle, such as a ballistic missile, to travel to its target partly via unpowered ballistic or quasi-ballistic flight, usually following burnout of its rocket motor
  3. (military, slang) for a powered, usually guided missile or other aerial vehicle to travel on an unguided or ballistic trajectory, having lost power, control or guidance
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There aren't even any snogs, but there is one big kiss at the most crucial point of the play which, he assures me, is guaranteed to make the young crowd go ballistic.
But you can't build that kind of functionality into a music device because the record industry will go ballistic.
Most wives would go ballistic, but then, if you marry the son of Britain's wartime Fascist leader, you probably need to be shock-proof.
Putting something between you and the guidance radar will cause the missile to go ballistic.
A MEMORIAL service for Sheila Lockhart, owner of Go Ballistic, will be held in the spring, writes Graham Green.
A platoon of sci-fi marines are dropped into hostile territory, seething with aliens, and they go ballistic.

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