war cry

war cry

a shout uttered in a charge or battle
a phrase or slogan adopted by a party in any conflict, contest, election, etc.

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war cry

noun

A cry uttered by combatants as they attack; a battle cry.
A phrase or slogan used to rally people to a cause.

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Noun

(plural war cries)

An exclamation intended to rally soldiers in battle.

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The name may mean "Yah(weh) is wealth, or is (our) war-cry, or saves."
"Remember the Alamo" became a war-cry of the Texans.
He is Boedromios (" the helper"), Eleleus (" god of the war-cry"), and the Paean was said to have been originally a song of triumph composed by him of ter his victory over Python.
The Mahratta war-cry, "Har, Har, Mahadeo," referred to Siva.

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