as in to shout
to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling the whole team exclaimed with one voice, "We won!"

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“Exclaim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclaim. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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