ballistic Definition

ballistic
adj

1. Referring or relating to projectiles.

Example: ballistic weapons
2a. Referring to ballistics;
2b. Operating according to the observable rules of ballistics, or under the force of gravity.

Idiom: go ballistic

To go sky-high; to rocket upward at speed.
Example: Prices in our area have gone ballistic

Said of a person: to fly into a rage; to blow up.

Etymology: 18c: from Latin ballista a military machine for throwing large rocks at buildings, etc.