The phrase like a banshee is used after a verb in order to make it clear that the action was done in a wild , vulgar and sometimes chaotic manner , similar to the cries of the banshee spirit from Irish mythology.
She makes out like a banshee when she is drunk.
My arm hurt like a banshee when I broke it last month.
My arm hurt like a banshee when I broke it last month.
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Intense like that; meaning just being so powerful, extreme and extraordinary that it excuses all actions
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