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ballistic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Adjective

ballistic (comparative more ballistic, superlative most ballistic)

• (not comparable) Of or relating to ballistics.
• (comparable) Of or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, aerodynamic drag, gravity, and sometimes rocket power, without significant lift.
  • ✤ Russia used its powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile for a third time in Ukraine as part of a massive attack on Kyiv and its surrounding region that killed at least four people and injured about 100.¹
• (comparable, slang) Very angry.
  • ✤ When he heard him lie about it, he went ballistic.

Etymology

From Latin ballista (“a military siege engine for throwing stones”) +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bəˈlɪs.tɪk/
• Audio (US): 🔊
• Rhymes: -ɪstɪk

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

1. 2026 May 24, Jennifer Rankin, “Russia hits Kyiv with hypersonic ballistic missile in ‘deranged’ attack”, in The Guardian ‎${}^{[1]}$, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 May 2026: ↩

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