"go ballistic" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [angličtina]

IPA: [ˈɡəʊ bəˈlɪst.ɪk] Forms: goes ballistic, went ballistic [preterite], gone ballistic [present, perfect], going ballistic
  1. děsně se rozzuřit, rupnout (někomu) nervy, vyletět, bouchnout (v někom, někomu) saze, začít vyvádět Tags: colloquially, expressively
    Sense id: cs-go_ballistic-en-verb-DPdmpvg1 Categories (other): Expresivní výrazy/angličtina, Hovorové výrazy/angličtina
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: run riot, kick up a fuss, go nuts, go on the rampage
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes ballistic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "3. osoba",
        "tvar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went ballistic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "tvar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone ballistic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "tvar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going ballistic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "vid průběhový",
        "tvar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "angličtina",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "sloveso",
  "raw_tags": [
    "frázové"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Expresivní výrazy/angličtina",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hovorové výrazy/angličtina",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The guy went ballistic when I tried to tell him he couldn't return the socks if the package had been opened.",
          "translation": "Když jsem se tomu chlapovi snažila vysvětlit, že jakmile jednou otevřel původní balení, ty ponožky už vrátit nemůže, úplně mu bouchly saze."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "děsně se rozzuřit, rupnout (někomu) nervy, vyletět, bouchnout (v někom, někomu) saze, začít vyvádět"
      ],
      "id": "cs-go_ballistic-en-verb-DPdmpvg1",
      "tags": [
        "colloquially",
        "expressively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡəʊ bəˈlɪst.ɪk]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "run riot"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "kick up a fuss"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "go nuts"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "go on the rampage"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go ballistic"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes ballistic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "3. osoba",
        "tvar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went ballistic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "tvar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone ballistic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "tvar"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going ballistic",
      "raw_tags": [
        "vid průběhový",
        "tvar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "angličtina",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "sloveso",
  "raw_tags": [
    "frázové"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Expresivní výrazy/angličtina",
        "Hovorové výrazy/angličtina"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "text": "The guy went ballistic when I tried to tell him he couldn't return the socks if the package had been opened.",
          "translation": "Když jsem se tomu chlapovi snažila vysvětlit, že jakmile jednou otevřel původní balení, ty ponožky už vrátit nemůže, úplně mu bouchly saze."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "děsně se rozzuřit, rupnout (někomu) nervy, vyletět, bouchnout (v někom, někomu) saze, začít vyvádět"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquially",
        "expressively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡəʊ bəˈlɪst.ɪk]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "run riot"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "kick up a fuss"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "go nuts"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": 1,
      "word": "go on the rampage"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go ballistic"
}

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