NOUN
- a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
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a slogan used to rally support for a cause
a cry to arms
our watchword will be `democracy'
How To Use battle cry In A Sentence
- had been her battle cry, while she stated with no uncertain emphasis that as the paternal grandmother she had the greater claim. THE ROAD TO PARADISE ISLAND
- 'Socialism Now!' was their battle cry.
- He is an idea, a symbol, a battle cry. Times, Sunday Times
- There was an uncanny lack of sound for an attack until about fifty yards in front of the gate when the warriors took up a battle cry that sounded like a dull roar.
- She heard his cry, perhaps the battle cry of his northern forefathers when they prepared to attack.
- 'Reclaim the night' was the battle cry of women fighting for the right to walk safely at night.
- It was a dramatic sunburst of information to me at the time; it was a battle cry to participate in something important.
- Every confederate soldier gave a loud battle cry and with their muskets, pistols, and sabers raised, they ran toward the Union army.
- Instead, the battle cry for the '90 s will be the demand for performance and accountability.
- When Hell-Cat Maggie screeched her battle cry and rushed biting and clawing into the midst of a mass of opposing gangsters, even the most stout-hearted blanched and fled.
