Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A shout raised in battle.
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Examples
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Elric roared out his old battle-shout and raced towards their opponent, trying to distract him.
The Fortress of the Pearl Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1989
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The tube, jagged brass edges splayed at its end, struck Lavin's groin and Sharpe twisted it, pushed and gouged as the Sergeant let go of him and screamed a horrid, high scream and dropped his hands to the blood and pain, but already Sharpe had let the tube go, was rising to the Sergeant's right, was moving with all his speed and filling the room with his battle-shout.
Sharpe's Honour Cornwell, Bernard 1985
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It took Orfil less than a second to take stock of the situation and with a curse, he bore down upon the group, yelling a blasphemous battle-shout so full of evil that it made Sojan's hair tingle.
Elric At The End of Time Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1984
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They were now confronting an enemy whom that army had faced in previous centuries on sea and land; and very likely something of special exhilaration and animation went into their spirit from thought of this, as they assailed the English breastworks, swarming into the trenches, capturing the redoubts, storming the lines with that strange battle-shout, in our republican American air: "Vive le Roi!"
Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Various
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Two peacefully inclined citizens, who at the first battle-shout had rushed manfully to the rescue, returned at the subsiding of hostilities with blood-bespattered shirt-bosoms, at which fearful sight the pretty wearer of the Pamela hat -- one of the delinquents being her husband -- chose to go faint, and would not finish her dinner, which, as we saw that her distress was real, somewhat marred our enjoyment.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe
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"When there is blood in the bath she knows there is war in the mountains and longs for the battle-shout of kingly men."
A Dreamer's Tales Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany 1917
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The despised Gaul calls out the contemned Goth, and Attila with his Huns answers back the battle-shout to both.
On the Mexican War 1906
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Whilst they were coming up in this disorderly fashion, the battle-shout was suddenly raised by every one in the camp, camp-followers and sutlers alike, and the Romans dashed out from all the gates.
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Up to this point he kept his men within their rampart, and now, only waiting till the fugitives could find shelter within the camp, the battle-shout was raised and the Romans burst forth from all the gates simultaneously.
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When he heard the battle-shout he was to charge down on their camp.
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