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Battle cry   /bˈætəl kraɪ/   Listen
Battle cry

noun
1.
A yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle.  Synonyms: rallying cry, war cry, war whoop.
2.
A slogan used to rally support for a cause.  Synonyms: cry, rallying cry, war cry, watchword.  "Our watchword will be 'democracy'"





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"Battle cry" Quotes from Famous Books



... burden of printing petitions and renting an office, Room 20, at Cooper Institute, where she was busy all day and where New York members met to help her. To each of the petitions sent out, she attached her battle cry, "There must be a law abolishing slavery.... Women, you cannot vote or fight for your country. Your only way to be a power in the government is through the exercise of this one, sacred, constitutional 'right of petition,' and we ...
— Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz
... sudden and utter destruction of Sennacherib's host into a universal law. And it is a universal law—true for us as for Hezekiah and the sons of Korah, true for all generations. Martin Luther might well make this psalm the battle cry of the Reformation, and we may well make our own the rugged music and dauntless hope of his ...
— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren


Words linked to "Battle cry" :   watchword, catchword, war whoop, call, outcry, rallying cry, war cry, vociferation, yell, slogan, shibboleth, shout, motto


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