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war whoop

noun as in battle cry

noun as in war cry

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One muscular kid who’s been pumping up to defend himself lets out an excited war whoop when it’s finally time to fight for his life.

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On a short summer night, listen and you might hear a war whoop skitter out of the darkness along the riverbanks, followed by the scattering yips of coyotes on Mount Sentinel.

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Old rifles were brought out from closets and several hundred men gathered excitedly on the main street, hoisting their battered weapons and raising war whoops for the news cameras.

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Mr. White’s brother, Robert, let loose a war whoop as they chewed.

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I let out a war whoop like a wild Apache Indian and jumped in the trench with them.”

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