noun

• A call made to rally soldiers for battle or to gather together participants in a campaign.

  ‘A former regimental sergeant major has issued a war cry to pensioners to back our campaign to save three under-fire post offices.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘A ball of fire erupted out, shattering the susurration with a jarring war cry.’
  • ‘The two bellowed a war cry and charged at each other.’

  Synonyms

  battle cry, war whoop, rallying call

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