Battle Cry Definition

noun
A rallying cry uttered in combat, especially while attacking.
American Heritage
A cry or slogan used to encourage those in a battle, struggle, contest, etc.
Webster's New World
A slogan used by the proponents of a cause.
American Heritage

(military) An exclamation troops yell out when going to war or battle.

Wiktionary

(idiomatic) By extension, a strong motto or purpose statement, especially in regards to winning a goal in sports, games or work.

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Noun

Singular:
battle cry
Plural:
battle-cries

Battle Cry Sentence Examples

  • This prophecy became the battle-cry of the Sikhs in the assault on Delhi in 18J7.

  • He approved of the subsequent decision of the Labour party to sever itself from the Coalition, and to appeal to the electorate in Dec. 1918 for independent support, announcing as his own battle-cry " No more war."

  • The cult of Athena Itonia, whose earliest seat appears to have been amongst the Thessalians, who used her name as a battle-cry, made its way to Coronea in Boeotia, where her sanctuary was the seat of the Pamboeotian confederacy.

  • The ubi materia ibi geometria of the one is the battle-cry of the mathematico-physical advance.

  • Cobden, who had travelled in Turkey, and had studied the condition of that country with great care for many years, discredited the outcry about maintaining the independence and integrity of the Ottoman empire which was the battle-cry of the day.

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