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war cries

war cries is the plural of war cry.

Meaning of war cry

Noun

war cry (plural war cries)

  1. An exclamation intended to rally soldiers in battle; a battle cry.
    • Buried was the bloody hatchet, / Buried was the dreadful war-club, / Buried were all warlike weapons, / And the war-cry was forgotten.1855 November 10, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “Blessing the Corn-fields”, in The Song of Hiawatha, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 175

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War cries is the plural of war cry.

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