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scream

noun

A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the exclamation of a word, but is usually a sustained, high-pitched vowel sound, particularly /æ/ or /i/.

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"scream" is an acceptable word in written English.
It is commonly used to describe a sudden loud sound or a loud outcry. For example: The little girl let out a piercing scream when she saw the mouse.

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It's a scream!

On the night of 11 June 2012, Sheehy's next-door neighbour Ben Hawes, a former Great Britain hockey captain, heard raised voices coming from her flat and noises that sounded like a cross between "a shout and a scream".

It may seem incredibly obvious that anxious parents make their children fearful: scream if you see a spider and it's likely your child will, too.

We got lost, we went round in circles, it was a total scream".

They read: "One in 10 chance perhaps, but save Chile! /worth spending /not concerned risks involved /no involvement of embassy /$10,000,000 available, more if necessary/ best men we have/ game plan/ make the economy scream /48 hours for plan of action".

We laugh, cry, scream and act silly just like the rest of them," Fatima says.

He told me of how supervisors scream at staff, of how drivers and loaders get called up the evening before or even the morning of a shift and are told not to worry about coming in on a set contract day.

Anxious to upgrade your e-meter to something that doesn't scream early noughties dowdiness?

In Brussels no one can hear you scream, a Borgen episode famously proclaimed.

It took three blows of the sword to kill her, and throughout the ordeal she continued to scream protests of her innocence to the watching crowd.

When else can you scream coarse expletives, with lovely crisp consonants at each end, as loud as you like, completely unrestrained?

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