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A '''battle cry''' is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same | A '''battle cry''' is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same military unit. | ||
Battle cries are not necessarily articulate, although they often aim to invoke patriotic or | Battle cries are not necessarily articulate, although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religious sentiment. | ||
Their purpose is a combination of arousing | Their purpose is a combination of arousing aggression and ''esprit de corps'' on one's own side and causing intimidation on the hostile side. | ||
== | == In the News == | ||
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File:Soldiers with 9 mm pistols.jpg|Soldiers prefer guns to Battle cries. | |||
File:Green_Lantern_Rebirth_6.jpg|link=Power ring (DC Comics) (nonfiction)|[[Green Lantern (nonfiction)|Green Lanterns]] field-testing new Battle cry. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Control Theory]] | * [[Control Theory]] | ||
== External links | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Brandishing (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[War (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_cry Battle cry] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_cry Battle cry] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 09:20, 24 June 2016
A battle cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same military unit.
Battle cries are not necessarily articulate, although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religious sentiment.
Their purpose is a combination of arousing aggression and esprit de corps on one's own side and causing intimidation on the hostile side.
In the News
Soldiers prefer guns to Battle cries.
Green Lanterns field-testing new Battle cry.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Battle cry @ Wikipedia