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Collocations for scream - noun

ADJECTIVE

deafening, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, high-pitched, loud, piercing, shrill
muffled, stifled, strangled
agonizing, hysterical, terrible
agonized, terrified

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VERB + scream

hear
emit, give, let out
muffle, stifle, suppress

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scream + VERB

echo, ring out
His screams echoed through the empty house.
come from
The scream came from upstairs.

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PREPOSITION

with a scream
She reacted to the news with hysterical screams.
scream for
a scream for help
scream of
screams of laughter
screams of terror

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Collocations for scream - verb

ADVERB

aloud
loudly
silently
Despair shook him and he screamed silently in the darkness.
hysterically, shrilly, wildly
almost, practically
back

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VERB + scream

want to
I was so bored I wanted to scream.
try to
begin to
hear sb

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PREPOSITION

after
Marion screamed after them, ‘Stop! Stop!’
at
She screamed at me to get out of the way.
for
The trapped passengers screamed for help.
in
People ran for the exits, screaming out in terror.
with
People were staggering around, screaming with pain.

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PHRASES

begin screaming, start screaming
scream your head off
The baby was screaming its head off.
stop screaming

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Scream is used with these nouns as the subject:
baby, child, crowd, engine, headline, muscle, seagull, siren, voice

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Scream is used with these nouns as the object:
abuse, lyrics, obscenity, word

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