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• n  a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
• v  shout louder than
• v  utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy

• The law's failure to identify the killer led to such an outcry that both the home secretary and London police commissioner resigned in disgrace.
• When Mudge's verdict was proved tragically mistaken last week, a public outcry ensued.
• Public outcry is as uncommon in Russia as borsch without sour cream, but something very much like it has been triggered by last month's sentencing of four young intellectuals to .

• cry
• call
• yell
• shout
• vociferation
• outshout
• exclaim
• cry out
• call out

News & Articles

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• Support for higher education is a low priority
  The recent outcry against the Kansas Legislature's whack at higher education funding came too late t ...
  June 16, 2013 - Hutchinson News
• Facebook and Microsoft Shared Some of Their Government Data Request Numbers
  In response to the public outcry over the National Security Agency's surveillance programs, tech companies last week asked United States officials to allow them to be more open about the circumstances under which they give user data to the government.
  June 15, 2013 - New York Magazine
• Despite outcry, fired Round Lake Library employee not reinstated by board
  ROUND LAKE — Despite outcry from village residents, Round Lake Library’s Board of Trustees did not reinstate former library employee Theresa Marchione at its meeting Tuesday night.
  June 12, 2013 - The Troy Record

Quotes

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• Paul Watson in The Age
  A decision by the Rudd Government to close Australia's ports to us would bring a political outcry,Captain Watson said. "Australian and New Zealand ports are presently closed to Japanese whaling vessels, and not Sea Shepherd vessels, for...
• Bill Clinton in AllAfrica.com
  Clinton said that if HIV/AIDS were the "leading cause of death of white women between the ages of 25 and 34, there would be an outraged outcry in this country."
• Shami Chakrabarti in FOXNews
  Imagine the outcry if a device was introduced that caused blanket discomfort to people of one race or gender, rather than to our kids,Chakrabarti said. "The 'Mosquito' has no place in a country that values its children and seeks to instill...