battle crynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbætəl ˌkraɪ/us/ˈbæt̬.əl ˌkraɪ/a shout given by soldiers as they run towards the enemy
a phrase used by people supporting a particular cause:
"Reclaim the night" was the battle cry of women fighting for the right to walk safely at night.
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- shoot
- slug
- slug it out idiom
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