hurrah

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No doubt let now thy bosom mar: Send up the shout--hurrah, hurrah Shall we distrust the God of Heaven He every doubt and fear will quell; By him the captive's chains are riven So let us loud the chorus swell!

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  1. interjection Used as an exclamation of pleasure, approval, elation, or victory.
  2. noun A shout of "hurrah.”
  3. noun Excitement; fanfare.
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  • What remains compelling about 'The Shield' as it heads into its last hurrah are the gray areas and ethical gradations of the characters that have defined it. —  Home Theater Forum
  • And tonight might be Planet Earth's last hurrah, that is if anything goes wrong with the launch of CERN's Large Hadron Collider. —  NewTeeVee
  • Well, last week's freezing temperatures finally seem to have subsided for a while -- hurrah! —  Fool.co.uk - Headlines
  • This is McCain's last hurrah, and he wants to leave a good legacy. —  Control Congress
  • Well, we're getting a strategy group and an umbrella body -- hurrah! —  Crave at CNET UK
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