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scream

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1. scream - Noun

2. scream - Verb

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To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to shriek; to screech.

A sharp, shrill cry, uttered suddenly, as in terror or in pain; a shriek; a screech.

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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis. Ralph Waldo Emerson

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. Elias Canetti

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream. Iris Murdoch

The future happens. No matter how much we scream. Derek Walcott

Pluck the magpie, and don't make her scream. Italian Proverb

It is too late for the bird to scream when it is caught. French Proverb

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