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1. A loud, noisy outcry typically descriptive of the behavior of a gathering of people, possibly protesting something: The king's speech could barely be heard over the clamor of the crowd's shouting in front of the palace.
The students in the biology class reacted with a clamor of protest and anger because the professor told them that there would be a test tomorrow and they didn't have a warning that this would happen just before the holiday.
2. An overpowering racket or noise created by something: The clamor of the traffic at the hotel gave Mildred a headache; so, she demanded a quieter room away from the highway.The hunters could hear the clamor of the waterfall as they approached their camp for the night.
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clamor (verb), clamors; clamored; clamoring
To make loud bellowing or howling sounds: The cows in the barn were clamoring to be fed in the morning.
Little Jimmy clamored for his mother to come to him because he heard a loud explosion that shook the house.
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