Synonyms for screeching
screech·ing

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1. screech, screeching, shriek, shrieking, scream, screamingnoun

   a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry

   "he ducked at the screechings of shells"; "he heard the scream of the brakes"

   Synonyms:
   thigh-slapper, screaming, belly laugh, scream, howler, screech, shriek, shrieking, riot, wow, sidesplitter

2. scream, screaming, shriek, shrieking, screech, screechingnoun

   sharp piercing cry

   "her screaming attracted the neighbors"

   Synonyms:
   screaming, belly laugh, sidesplitter, howler, screech, shriek, scream, shrieking, riot, wow, thigh-slapper

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1. David Hellerstein:

   Studies come to a screeching halt, we are now just beginning to make up for decades of lost time.

2. Heather McGowan:

   The foundational knowledge of the future is your own ability to learn and adapt, because if you don't your career will come to a screeching halt after a couple of years.

3. Caleb Holder:

   We could hear more tires screeching, and then just barely see headlights coming in through the fog.

4. Anthony Scaramucci:

   I'm in the process of putting together a team of people that feel the exact same way that I do. This is not a' Never Trump' situation. This not just screeching rhetoric. This is -- OK, the guy is unstable. Everyone inside knows it, everyone outside knows it. Let's see if we can find a viable alternative.

5. Eric McDavid:

   And right then, there must have been around nine vehicles pull up screeching, doors opening before vehicles even stop. I got a Suburban about 15 yards off to my right, Ninja turtles jumping out, AR15s, everything, and I just go, 'Oh, that's what that was.'.