verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
brakes screech (= make a high noise when you use them )
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The brakes screeched and the train finally stopped.
sth screeches/shudders/skids/jolts to a halt (= a vehicle stops very quickly and noisily – used for emphasis )
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The car skidded to a halt and three men jumped out.
the screech of brakes (= the loud unpleasant sound of a car stopping suddenly )
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I heard the screech of brakes in the road outside.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
car
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She slammed the garage door into its slot and sent the car screeching into the road.
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The car screeched around the corner after him in a burst of fumes and querulous voices.
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Ron had pounced from his car , screeching to a halt ten yards ahead of them.
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She was walking with a friend, when she heard a car screech to a halt behind her.
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We sped from the car park undetected and screeched to a halt outside the flower shop, as instructed.
halt
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A police car emerged from the other alleyway and screeched to a halt ten yards in front of Whitlock, blocking his shot.
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When he went to a doctor, he was diagnosed with leukemia, and everything came to a screeching halt .
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Ron had pounced from his car, screeching to a halt ten yards ahead of them.
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All of which comes to a screeching halt when Capt.
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Not ten minutes had elapsed when the first van arrived and not eleven when the second screeched to a halt .
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He was on his second initiation raid when Geronimo was captured and it all came to a screeching halt .
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She was walking with a friend, when she heard a car screech to a halt behind her.
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The driver slammed on the brakes; the Jeep screeched to a halt .
■ VERB
come
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It came screeching out of the darkness, and not even the thunder could drown the scream of its menace.
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It came screeching and nose-diving to a stop on the far corner.
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When he went to a doctor, he was diagnosed with leukemia, and everything came to a screeching halt.
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All of which comes to a screeching halt when Capt.
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He was on his second initiation raid when Geronimo was captured and it all came to a screeching halt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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""Get out!'' she screeched angrily. ""I hate you!''
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screeching brakes
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I heard Heather screech , "Hit him, Jim!"
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Maria suddenly started screeching at Bruno.
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Sue grabbed him, screeching, and started hitting him with her fists.
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The plane's tires screeched as it touched down on the runway.
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The train screeched as it pulled into the station.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A gull screeched overhead breaking the dreamy silence, and Julie's eyes flicked open.
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At intervals while we were negotiating with him, he screeched his battle songs and war cries.
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He jumped to his feet, screeching, when Delia Sutherland's shadow fell across him.
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Miss Defy screeched around a blind bend into the path of an oncoming sedan.
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Surface, and the sky is blue and seagulls screech .
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The wheels of wagons delivering feed or wood screeched as though they hurt.
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They posed holding hands for photographers before turning back to the screeching fans and signing yet more autographs.