clarion call

noun

clarion call

noun
1

Figuratively Appeal, urgent call to action.

  • Our clarion call is "Equal Rights for all: Special Privileges to None".1989, Antony Robin, Jeremy Kushner, Tony Kushner, Kenneth Lunn, University of Southampton. Dept. of History, Traditions of intolerance: historical perspectives on fascism and race discourse in Britain
  • Now, one might argue that the Kremlin will fuel Europhobia no matter what the Europeans say or do—or that growing Russian hostility only further validates the need for Europe to sound the clarion call.2025 December 20, Hanna Notte, “Europe risks a self-fulfilling prophecy over Russia threat”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:
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