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
Deadline understands that the call was made by Disney top exec Dana Walden and CEO Bob Iger, a decision that has led to widespread outcry and spurred a protest outside of the studio lot in Burbank, California, Thursday morning.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Earlier this year, Kennedy fired all 17 ACIP members, drawing an outcry from the nation’s largest physician groups including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Yet the outcry was fire-everybody-and-trade-everybody-else — right now!
—Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Seven years ago, rapper Meek Mill was released from prison following an outcry that turned into a social movement around probation and parole reform.
—Chloe Melas, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2025
Earlier this year, Kennedy fired all 17 ACIP members, drawing an outcry from the nation’s largest physician groups including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
—Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Yet the outcry was fire-everybody-and-trade-everybody-else — right now!
—Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
Seven years ago, rapper Meek Mill was released from prison following an outcry that turned into a social movement around probation and parole reform.
—Chloe Melas, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcry
Noun
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Not with a whimper but with a siren wail that long ago converted to white noise in our collective hearing; a global tinnitus like the hum of a fridge; the quiet roar of the Greenland ice sheet slipping into the Musk Ocean.—
Reuven Perlman,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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There are more and more people on the other side of the glass, the sound like a sea’s roar outside.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Additionally, pollution accumulation and vessel noise disrupt their echolocation abilities, making hunting increasingly difficult.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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This helps to break through the noise and build credibility.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The wind’s howl filled my left ear and the music blasted from my speakers filled my right.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the winners, the brewery will offer consolation prizes to participants with the best costume, the slowest race time and the best howl.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Outcry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcry. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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