go ballistic

Etymology
The idiomatic usage derives from the second-generation of jet fighters, armed with guided missiles, in the late 1950s into the 1960s, with the informal military sense of fully-powered non-ballistic missiles going ballistic when losing control and assuming a free-fall trajectory, sense 3. But in subsequent usage  the term has often become associated with the intentionally ballistic, suborbital trajectories of long-range, typically nuclear-armed missiles, sense 2.

Verb

 * 1)  To become very angry and irrational.
 * 2) * 2011 , "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
 * Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Hey, sorry for going ballistic back there. I think the whole Julie-being-alive thing affected me more than I thought.
 * The guy went ballistic when I tried to tell him he couldn't return the socks if the package had been opened.
 * 1)  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
 * 2)  for a powered, usually guided missile or other aerial vehicle to travel on an unguided or ballistic trajectory, having lost power, control or guidance
 * 1)  for a powered, usually guided missile or other aerial vehicle to travel on an unguided or ballistic trajectory, having lost power, control or guidance
 * 1)  for a powered, usually guided missile or other aerial vehicle to travel on an unguided or ballistic trajectory, having lost power, control or guidance

Translations

 * Czech: ,
 * French: devenir fou furieux
 * German: in die Luft gehen
 * Portuguese: perder as estribeiras
 * Ukrainian: репнути нерви