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countable and uncountable, plural outcries
(countable, uncountable) A loud cry or uproar. examples
(figuratively) A strong protest. quotations examples
The Western Region has sought approval for the withdrawal of passenger services between Ashchurch Junction and Upton-on-Severn. There was a proposal to withdraw the trains as long ago as 1951, but an outcry from Tewkesbury that it would suffer as a tourist centre secured a reprieve.
1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 134
This is a scorched earth policy, leaving Labour - which has made the right noises, but not loudly enough - with the job of picking up the pieces. Given the incoherence of the plans, the best hope is that the public outcry - even the Daily Telegraph is against them - delays them enough for a new government to rescue most of the ticket offices from closure, but this is no way to run a railway.
2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 43
(India, archaic, countable, uncountable) An auction.
third-person singular simple present outcries, present participle outcrying, simple past and past participle outcried
(intransitive) To cry out. quotations examples
I think any man who outcries against the power of the government in Germany soon ceases to cry at all, because he is crushed.
1919, Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918: Volume 1
(transitive) To cry louder than. quotations examples
[…] outcrying the clacking of train wheels, the shrill of the whistle […]
2003, Melvyn Bragg, Crossing the Lines, page 355
The dogs added their voices to the din, howling for hours, each trying to outcry the others.
2007, Anthony Dalton, Alone Against the Arctic, page 104