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squawk box; bull-horn, horn; megaphone, microphone, Inf. mike; tweeter, woofer, tweeter-woofer.

amplify, v. 1. increase, enlarge, make larger, make bigger, make greater, Chiefly Literary, greaten; expand, widen, thicken, broaden; extend, lengthen, elongate, prolong, prolongate, protract; dilate, distend, inflate, swell, bloat, puff out, blow up.
2. augment, supplement, add to, superadd to; accumulate, cumulate, pile up, heap up; multiply, double, redouble, treble, triple, quadruple.
3. develop, enlarge on, flesh out, stretch out, elaborate, unfold; descant, expound on
or upon, expatiate on or upon, dilate on or upon, discourse; clarify, make more explicit, explicate, explain, detail, go into detail, elucidate; illustrate, demonstrate, exemplify, typify.
4. exaggerate, make much of, overdo, overstate, overstress, overcharge, overcolor; hyperbolize, overdraw; magnify, enhance, enrich, deepen, heighten; romance, embroider, stretch, strain; intensify, concentrate, maximize; escalate, step up, give a boost to, aggravate; accelerate, snowball, mushroom.

amplitude, n. 1. bigness, largeness, fulness, considerableness; spaciousness, capaciousness, commodiousness, roominess; vastness, greatness, immensity, immenseness, hugeness, boundlessness, voluminousness; width, wideness, breadth, broadness, latitude, expansiveness, extensiveness; size, extent, measure, volume, capacity, magnitude, dimensions.
2. abundance, ampleness, plentifulness, plenteousness, copiousness, bountifulness, bounteousness; plenitude, profusion, repletion, exuberance, superabundance; quantity, quantities, volume, mass, full measure.

amputate, v. cut off, sever, lop, lop off, clip, trim, prune; cut away, remove, excise; disjoint, mutilate, dismember, separate.

amuck, adv. frenziedly, crazedly, berserk, maniacally, SI. like a nut, SI. like a screwball, like a madman, with frenzied fury, with murder in one's eye, wildly; ferociously, violently.

amulet, n. charm, good luck charm, talisman; lucky piece, horseshoe, rabbit's foot, wishbone, Brit, merrythought; periapt, abraxas, phylactery, tefillin; scarab, apotropaic, swastika, triskelion; protector, preservative, safeguard.

amuse, v. 1. please, charm, cheer, Inf hand one a few laughs; gladden, gratify, tickle, take or tickle one's fancy, regale, exhilarate, enliven, rejoice.
2. interest, occupy, beguile, engross, absorb; divert, relax, do one's heart good, cheer up, solace; entertain, disport, recreate, dally.

amusement, n. 1. pastime, entertainment, recreation, fun, cheer; pleasure, enjoyment, delight, gaiety; gratification, distraction, diversion, play, sport; relaxation, dalliance, merrymaking, pleasantry, merriment, joviality, jocoseness, jollity, jollification, drollery.
2. antic, lark, romp, gambol, spree, junket; prank, practical joke, escapade, revelry, tomfoolery, skylarking.

amusing, adj. 1. pleasing, pleasurable, diverting, distracting, interesting, absorbing, engrossing, beguiling; recreative, lively, sportive.
2. laughable, funny, comical, witty, humorous, jolly; hilarious, sidesplitting, ludicrous, ridiculous, farcical; facetious, droll, salty, waggish; jocular, jocose, jovial, risible.

anachronism, n. 1. archaism, antique, obsolete form; asynchronism, incongruity, discord, shock, jar.
2. misdate, misdating, prochronism, prolepsis, antedate, predating; parachronism, postdating; misplacing, misapplication, mislocation, contextual error.

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