ballistic
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ballistic
- /bəˈlɪs.tɪk/
Rhymes with -ɪstɪk
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from New Latin ballisticus, from Classical Latin ballista (“ballista, a military siege engine for throwing stones”) + -icus (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, ballista + -ic.
adjective more ballistic · most ballistic
- Of or relating to ballistics.
- 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.
- Very angry. When he heard him lie about it, he went ballistic.
Similar: ballistical · Opposite: antiballistic, guided, projectile
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ballistic trajectory, missile, flak, bulletproof, self-propelled, bullet-proof, footprint, intercontinental, electro, upset, plastic, explosives, infuriated, irate, fuming, seething
adjective
Similar: ballistical · Opposite: antiballistic, guided, projectile
Translations
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adj relating to ballistics
| Español | balístico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탄도의 tando-ui |
| 日本語 | 弾道の |
| 中文 | 彈道的 /弹道的 dàndào de |
| Português | balístico |
| Français | balistique |
| Deutsch | ballistisch |
| Italiano | balistico |
| Română | balistic |
| Русский | баллисти́ческий ballistíčeskij |
| العربية | بَالِسْتِيّ bālistiyy |
Talk about this word "ballistic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ballistic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ballistic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ballistic "ballistic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ballistic.Cite this
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