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RELATED WORDS : absolute ceiling base hit ceiling combat ceiling debt ceiling glass ceiling hit hit home hit it hit it off hit it up hit list hit man hit on hit or miss hit parade hit squad hit the books hit the deck hit the dirt hit the hay hit the high spots hit the jackpot hit the nail on the head hit the road hit the roof hit the sack hit up hit upon national debt ceiling pinch hit scratch hit service ceiling smash hit take a hit three-base hit two-base hit

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Verb hit the ceiling has 1 sense

• hit the ceiling(v = verb.emotion) blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit - 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"
is one way to rage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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hit the ceiling

be angry, be excitable, bellow, blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow up, catch fire, catch the infection, come apart, excite easily, explode, fire up, flame up, flare up, flash up, flip, fly out, get excited, go into hysterics, have a tantrum, rage, ramp, rant, rant and rave, rave, run a temperature, seethe, smolder, storm, take fire, turn a hair

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Violence

VB be violent, run high, ferment, effervesce, romp, rampage, go on a rampage, run wild, run amuck, run riot, break the peace, rush, tear, rush headlong, rush foremost, raise a storm, make a riot, rough house, riot, storm, wreak, bear down, ride roughshod, out Herod, Herod, spread like wildfire (person), explode, make a row, kick up a row, boil, boil over, fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, fly into a rage (anger), break out, fly out, burst out, bounce, explode, go off, displode, fly, detonate, thunder, blow up, crump, flash, flare, burst, shock, strain, break open, force open, prize open, render violent, sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on, irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment, accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino, explode, let fly, fly off, discharge, detonate, set off, detonize, fulminate.

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