flip one's lid (v)
blow up (v)
throw a fit (v)
hit the roof (v)
hit the ceiling (v)
have kittens (v)
have a fit (v)
combust (v)
blow one's stack (v)
fly off the handle (v)
flip one's wig (v)
lose one's temper (v)
blow a fuse (v)
go ballistic (v)

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def get very angry and fly into a rage
examples The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
Spam makes me go ballistic
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
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Hypernym rage
Derivationally related form blow up → blowup
Incoming links
Derivationally related form blowup → blow up
Cause combust
Hyponym rage

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