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Collocations for outrage - noun

1. great anger

ADJ.

genuine | widespread | international | public | moral
Media reports generated moral outrage.

VERB + OUTRAGE

be greeted with, cause, generate, provoke, spark
The news was greeted with outrage.
feel | express, voice
Shopkeepers voiced their outrage at the new tax.

OUTRAGE + VERB

be directed at sb/sth
Much of the outrage was directed at foreign nationals.

PREP.

in ~
The guests all shouted in outrage.
with ~
She was trembling with outrage.
~ at
Campaigners have expressed outrage at the decision.
~ over
There is widespread public outrage over the massacre.

PHRASES

cries/howls of outrage
The announcement provoked howls of outrage.
a feeling/sense of outrage

2. cruel/shocking act

VERB + OUTRAGE

commit, perpetrate
the outrages committed by the invading army

PREP.

~ against
The new law on pensions is an outrage against the elderly.

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