calls to arms
Mobilization announcements issued
A call to arms is an urgent summons to fight, whether literally in military conflict or figuratively for any cause requiring immediate collective action.
The phrase evokes the historical practice of rallying citizens to take up weapons in defense of their community.
In modern use, it more often describes passionate appeals for people to unite behind a cause: The speech was a call to arms for climate activists.
The plural calls to arms refers to multiple such appeals or summons.
- Lexington and ConcordFirst armed colonial conflict
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- mass mobilizationWidespread organized public activation
- battle cryShout to rally fighters
enlistment · activism · uprising · protest · declaration · revolution · recruitment · Arab Spring · civil unrest · solidarity · militia · freedom fighters · conscription · exhortation · resistance · armed · proclamation · rallying
calls to armspeace treaties
Formal agreements ending wars
peace accords · olive branches · peace proposals · peace initiatives · peace offerings
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