Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
get very angry and fly into a rage;
- Example: "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"- Example: "Spam makes me go ballistic"[syn: flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
blow a fuse
v 1: get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor
combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very
elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" [syn:
flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof,
hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust,
blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig,
lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic]