megaphone
noun
a cone-shaped device for magnifying or directing the voice, chiefly used in addressing a large audience out of doors or in calling to someone at a distance.
megaphones
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pluralof megaphone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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After police officers had used megaphones to call on those gathered to desist from violence, they used water cannons and tear gas to temporarily disperse the crowd.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
“It was megaphones from before we started until after we left. You couldn’t get through a single testimony—including from families in Gaza—without being disrupted by these chants.”
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
High finance has always had its celebrity investors, from Carl Icahn to Bill Ackman, who use media exposure as their personal megaphones, often to talk their books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
In Zhuhai, police patrolled the streets with sirens and megaphones, telling people to stay at home.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
What the man was shouting into the megaphones was shocking.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
