Definition of "out of control" []

• Of a situation, or machine that is not under control. (adjective)
• Of a person, when one is not in control of one's actions. (adjective)

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• "The idea of getting out of an upstairs shuttle seat wearing nearly ninety pounds of equipment and encumbered by an iron-hard pressurized Launch-Entry Suit (LES), then climbing down the narrow interdeck ladder and making it to the side hatch while the shuttle was in powered flight and/or tumbling out of control (the two most common conditions of aircraft ejections) was a fantasy."
• "Indeed, Bill and Keet will tell you that they, too, have felt out of control at various times in their lives."
• "Like the rest of our bodies, our skin needs a sanctuary from irritants and assaults in order to recover its pro-beauty functions and reverse the compounded problems that can get out of control once these basic functions are compromised."