War Cry

Definition: War Cry

War Cry

Noun

1. A slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms".

2. A yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: War Cry

Defiance

Noun: defiance; daring & Verb:; dare; challenge, cartel; threat; war cry, war whoop.

Crosswords: War Cry

Books

• Christmas Through the Years: A War Cry Collection: Selected from the Official National Publication of the Salvation Army in the USA from Issues Beg (reference)

• War Cry (Colonization of America: White Indian, Book Vii) (reference)

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Periodicals

• War Cry (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Berserk - War Cry (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Albanian

kushtrim (slogan). (various references)

Bulgarian 

лозунг (shibboleth, slogan, watchword, word), боен вик (battle cry, war whoop, whoop), боен зов (slogan), призив (challenge, exhortation, invocation). (various references)

Czech

váleèné heslo. (various references)

French

cri de guerre (war whoop). (various references)

Greek 

πολεμική κραυγή (battle cry, slogan). (various references)

Hungarian

csatakiáltás (battle cry, whoop). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

雄叫び (roar), ウェーバーの法則 (on-deck batter's circle, rag, taking a pitch, wafer, wafers, waist, waist bag, waist nipper, waist pouch, waistcoat, waistline, wait, waiter, waiting circle, waiting game, waiting room, waiting system, waitress, Wales, walk rally, walk through, walkathon, walkie-lookie, walkie-talkie, walking dictionary, walking shoes, Walkman, war game, ware, -ware, warehouse, warm, warming, warming-up, warm-up, warning lamp, waste ball, water chute, water closet, water hazard, water polo, watercolor, watercooler, waterfall, waterfront, watermelon, waterproof, watertight, wave, wave-front, way, weapon, wear, weather, weathercock, weatherstrip molding, web, Weber, Weber's law, wedding, wedding bell, wedding cake, wedding dress, wedding march, wedding ring, wedding veil, wedeling, wedge heel, wedge sole, weight, weight lifting, weight training, welcome, well-done, west, West Coast, West End, West Point, West Side, West Virginia, western, Western grip, Western league, Western music, Westinghouse, wet, wet core, wet cut, wet suit, worm gear). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おたけび (roar), おさけび (roar), ウォークライ . (various references)

Manx

gerrym caggee (battle cry, call up), gerr chah. (various references)

Pig Latin

arway ycray.(various references)

Portuguese

grito de guerra (battle cry, slogan). (various references)

Russian 

боевой клич (banner-cry, battle cry, cry, war whoop, warcry, war-cry, war-whoop). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ratni poklič (war whoop). (various references)

Swedish

stridsrop (battle cry, cry), paroll (watchword, word), härskri. (various references)

Turkish

savaş narası (battle cry), savaş çığlığı (slogan). (various references)

Welsh

rhyfelgri (battle cry). (various references)

Misspellings

"War Cry" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: warcry. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: carry.

-2 letters: awry, carr, craw, racy, wary.

-3 letters: arc, car, caw, cay, cry, raw, ray, rya, war, way, wry, yar, yaw.

-4 letters: ar, aw, ay, ya.

+4 letters: cornerways.

+5 letters: carriageway, cordwainery, crashworthy.