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clam·or Audio Help (klām'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.

A loud outcry; a hubbub.
A vehement expression of discontent or protest: a clamor in the press for pollution control.
A loud sustained noise. See Synonyms at noise.

v. clam·ored, clam·or·ing, clam·ors

v. intr.

To make a loud sustained noise or outcry.
To make insistent demands or complaints: clamored for tax reforms.

v. tr.

To exclaim insistently and noisily: The representatives clamored their disapproval.
To influence or force by clamoring: clamored the mayor into resigning.

[Middle English clamour, from Old French, from Latin clāmor, shout, from clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-² in Indo-European roots.]

clam'or·er n.

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