What does loudhailer mean?
Loudhailer means (UK, Ireland) A megaphone or bullhorn..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK, Ireland) A megaphone or bullhorn..
It's a grotesque, misleading smear on a diverse group of individuals – a bit like claiming all Muslims are terrorists (which, coincidentally, the guy beside them is currently doing through a loudhailer).
As Ukrainian forces struggled to hold the flattened city, it was claimed that civilians in captured territory were being deceived into leaving shelters to be bussed out to Russian camps by soldiers wielding loudhailers. […] Russian soldiers with loudhailers were instead said to be driving around parts of the city claiming that the city of Odesa has fallen and that other havens for refugees were now rejecting fleeing people.
Use loudhailer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Loudhailer means (UK, Ireland) A megaphone or bullhorn..
Common synonyms include blowhorn.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It's a grotesque, misleading smear on a diverse group of individuals – a bit like claiming all Muslims are terrorists (which, coincidentally, the guy beside them is currently doing through a loudhailer).
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