war crynoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈwɔː ˌkraɪ/us/ˈwɔːr ˌkraɪ/also battle crya phrase or word shouted by people as they start to fight, intended to give them the strength and wish to fight harder:
figurative The phrase "burn your bra!" was the feminists' war cry of the 1970s.
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