Textual thesaurus for "hit the ceiling"

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