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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
loudhailer
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Her reverie was broken by the sound of a loudhailer coming from the street.
▪ The attackers then called by loudhailer on those in the house to surrender.
▪ The organizers, loudhailers in hand, were corralling the crowd into marching formation when the first group of skinheads appeared.
Wiktionary
loudhailer

n. (context British English) A megaphone or bullhorn.

Usage examples of "loudhailer".

This time a loudhailer answered me, roaring across the waters, "American boat!

Admissions of the sort he had to make broadcast through a loudhailer were not likely to be of any help at all.

Even during the holiday season the garage was moderately busy on Saturday (although it was by no means the bustling place it became on summer weekends), and when Junkins raised a battery-powered loudhailer to his lips and began to use it, perhaps two dozen heads whipped around.

A police loudhailer told those emerging to place their hands on their heads as they walked free, as if they were the ones surrendering themselves to justice.

Because of the glare of the spotlights, Han had to shield his eyes with his hand to see that the Brigian held a loudhailer in one hand and an official-looking scroll in the other.

The Brigian passed his loudhailer to a subordinate and motioned with the scroll.

The woman's voice, amplified by a loudhailer, rose from one of the bunkers.

Outside the cottage the loudhailers were screeching in their metallic stentorian voices.