battle cries
Warriors' rallying calls
Battle cries are shouts or rallying calls made before or during combat to intimidate enemies and embolden allies.
Historically, armies charged with distinctive cries—The rebels advanced with battle cries of "Freedom!".
Figuratively, a battle cry is any slogan that rallies people to a cause: "No taxation without representation" became the colonists' battle cry.
- yellSpeak very loudly
- war dancesChoreographed military ceremonies
- war cryCombatants' rallying shout
- shoutLoud vocal outburst
- rallying cryPhrase uniting supporters
to arms · into the fray · war whoop · clarion call · fight song · bugle call · rebel yell · roar · ululation · banzai · guttural · rally · hold the line · shields up · cry · blood and thunder · scream · holler
- outcriesscreams, shouts, yells, howls, wails
- motivational speecheskeynote speeches, keynotes, pep talks, commencement speeches, graduation speeches
- ancient warfarephalanx, warriors, army, legion, hoplites
- folk singingsea shanties, work songs, sea shanty, work song, call and response
- samuraisamurai, katana, ronin, bushido, shogun
battle criespeace offerings
Gifts meant to reconcile
olive branches · lullabies · white flag · entreaties · terms of surrender
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