as in roar
a violent shouting
I went to the window to see what the sudden outcry from the street below was about
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Recent Examples of outcry
The crisis is the latest chapter in a prolonged political collapse in a country that has seen seven presidents since 2016, and is about to hold a general election amid widespread public outcry over a surge in violent crime.
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ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
That backlash intensified in recent weeks, amid public outcry over an unprecedented deployment of federal immigration agents to Minnesota and the killings of Minneapolis residents Reene Good and Alex Pretti by ICE and CBP officers, respectively.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
Other global figures have also faced an outcry and a range of consequences for their relationships with Epstein.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
That district returned the book after public outcry.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
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ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
That backlash intensified in recent weeks, amid public outcry over an unprecedented deployment of federal immigration agents to Minnesota and the killings of Minneapolis residents Reene Good and Alex Pretti by ICE and CBP officers, respectively.
—Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
Other global figures have also faced an outcry and a range of consequences for their relationships with Epstein.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
That district returned the book after public outcry.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcry
Noun
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Their presence draws both the news cameras and the film’s frame inside the stadium’s offices and VIP lounges, trading the real game-day footage of fans for a dramatized tour of otherwise unseen backrooms beneath the stands, all as the roar from the crowd increases outside and up above.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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At the press site, a pressure wave of a sonic boom came in with a double punch to the eardrums, followed by the roar of the engines from the pad only 3 miles away and the whistling echo bouncing off the massive Vehicle Assembly Building, making a sound reminiscent of bottle rockets.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Feb. 2026
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Two hours later, Ukraine’s urgent plight – the defining security crisis of Europe’s post-WW2 era - was passionately portrayed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, evoking the issue that should have been center stage breaking through the MAGA noise.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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That one sentence explains a lot of the current noise—and where the next upside will come from.—
Martin Moszkowicz,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2026
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Aquilla Sadalla’s wordless vocals, a gorgeous swell of howls and heaves, complement the arrangement without becoming the focal point.—
Mark Richardson,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026
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At about two this morning, the familiar howl of air-raid sirens woke me in the center of Kyiv, followed by the low thuds of anti-aircraft cannons attempting to shoot down Russian drones.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Outcry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcry. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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