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rebel yell

noun as in battle cry

noun as in war cry

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Excerpted from Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C. Gwynne.

After losing the 2004 Iowa caucuses, Dean let out a rebel yell designed to fire up his supporters.

Probably there was some Yankee cheering, as doubtless there had been the “rebel yell,” but my memory recalls neither.

At first he was met with a reverent silence, but soon his old soldiers broke out into their far-famed rebel yell.

It was Trudy Doo's rebel yell and I heard her guitar thrash out some chords, then her drummer playing, then that big deep bass.

The old rebel yell of Morgan's raiders quavered from his throat.

From either side the grey artillery burst the grey musketry, and above the crackling thunder rose the rebel yell.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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