Definition of megaphone
:a cone-shaped device used to intensify or direct the voice
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Social media provided stranded people with a digital megaphone that could be carried far beyond Harvey’s path.
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If it's determined the objects are sharks, an alarm is sounded through the megaphone to alert swimmers.
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Live footage of the action was posted on PETA’s Facebook page, showing the former Oscar-nominee using a megaphone to address the SeaWorld crowd about the amusement park’s alleged abuse.
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A handful of people made speeches and said prayers in Spanish and English, using a megaphone, to a crowd of about 50 people.
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Police were yelling through megaphones for people still inside to come down, Yasuda said.
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Yet the speech tax forces the dissident to power the megaphone of the majority.
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There's no question Sanders has the biggest megaphone in progressive politics.
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One of them made use of a megaphone to try and clear out the crowd, nearly half an hour after Xscape was set to perform.
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First Known Use of megaphone
1878
First Known Use of megaphone
1901
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