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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition;
- Example: "the speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the audience"
[syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout, vociferation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vociferation \Vo*cif`er*a"tion\, n. [L. vociferatio: cf. F.
   vocif['e]ration.]
   The act of vociferating; violent outcry; vehement utterance
   of the voice.
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         Violent gesture and vociferation naturally shake the
         hearts of the ignorant.                  --Spectator.
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         Plaintive strains succeeding the vociferations of
         emotion or of pain.                      --Byron.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vociferation
    n 1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the
         speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the
         audience" [syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout,
         vociferation]