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Film and television

* ''Roar'' (film), an American adventure-comedy film starring Tippi Hedren and Melanie Griffith * '' Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans'', a 2014 Hindi-language Indian animal horror feature film * ''Roar'' (1997 TV series), a television drama set in 4th century Ireland * ''Roar'' (2006 TV series), a CBBC television series about the animals in a zoo * ''Roar'' (2022 TV series), an anthology series on Apple TV+ based on Cecilia Ahern's short story collection


Music

* "Roar" (song), a 2013 song by Katy Perry * ''
Rrröööaaarrr ''Rrröööaaarrr'' is the second studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Voivod. It was released in 1986 on Noise Records. Estimated sales are more than 40,000 copies, worldwide. In a 2012 interview with Michael Dodd of Get Your Rock Out, voc ...
'', a 1986 album by Voivod * "Roar", a 2013 song by Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso from the soundtrack of ''
Monsters University ''Monsters University'' is a 2013 American computer-animated monster comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Dan Scanlon (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Kori ...
'' * "Roar", a 2010 song by Treat from the album ''Coup De Grace'' * "Roar!", a 2008 instrumental by Michael Giacchino from the film ''
Cloverfield ''Cloverfield'' is a 2008 American found footage monster film directed by Matt Reeves, produced by J. J. Abrams, and written by Drew Goddard. It stars Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel and Odette Yustman ...
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Print

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ROAR Magazine ''ROAR Magazine'' was an independent publication that described itself as a “journal of the radical imagination.” Its stated aim was to “provide grassroots perspectives from the front-lines of the global struggle for real democracy.” Foun ...
'', an independent online publication * ''Roar!'' (newspaper), the King's College London student newspaper * ''
The Roar ''The Roar'' is a 2008 post-apocalyptic novel for children by British author Emma Clayton. It was published by Chicken House Publishing. Plot When the animal plague began, the entire population came together and built a solid concrete wall ...
'', a 2008 novel by Emma Clayton * ''Roar'' (short story collection), a 2018 short story collection by Cecelia Ahern


Acronyms

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Radio Operated Auto Racing Remotely Operated Auto Racers (formerly known as Radio Operated Auto Racing), abbreviated as ROAR, is the sanctioning body of competitive radio-controlled car racing in the United States and Canada. It is a US national non profit organization that ...
, the sanctioning body of competitive radio controlled car racing in the United States and Canada **
ROAR National Championships Remotely Operated Auto Racers (formerly known as Radio Operated Auto Racing), abbreviated as ROAR, is the sanctioning body of competitive radio-controlled car racing in the United States and Canada. It is a US national non profit organization that ...
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ROAR Registry of Open Access Repositories The Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR) is a searchable international database indexing the creation, location and growth of open access institutional repositories and their contents. ROAR was created by EPrints at University of Southampt ...
, an index and search engine *
Restore Our Alienated Rights Restore Our Alienated Rights (ROAR) was an organization formed in Boston, Massachusetts by Louise Day Hicks in 1974. Opposed to desegregation busing of Boston's public school students, the group protested the federally-mandated order to integra ...
, a Boston organization formed to oppose desegregation busing *
Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana Rise Organise and Rebuild Guyana (ROAR) was an Indo-Guyanese political party in Guyana led by Ravi Dev. History ROAR was established as a political party in 1999, and was the first party in the country to describe itself as being ethnically-bas ...
, a political party in Guyana *
Reach Out and Read Reach Out and Read, Inc. (ROR) is a US nonprofit organization that promotes reading. Reach Out and Read is a national early literacy organization working directly with pediatric care providers to share the lifelong benefits that result from f ...
, an American organization that advocates for childhood literacy


People

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Roar (given name) Roar is a Norwegian masculine given name derived by the Old Norse name ''Hróðgeirr'', and equivalent of the Norman- French name Roger. Notable people with the name include: * Roar Adler (1915–2007), Norwegian newspaper manager * Roar Berthelsen ...
, a masculine Norwegian given name *
Roar (Dane) Roar or Roari was a Danish man in Gesta Danorum. He helped raise Prince Gram The gram (originally gramme; SI unit symbol g) is a unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one one thousandth of a kilogram. Originally d ...
, a Danish woman in the ''Gesta Danorum'' * Roar, a dubious legendary king of Denmark; see
Hrothgar Hrothgar ( ang, Hrōðgār ; on, Hróarr) was a semi-legendary Danish king living around the early sixth century AD. Hrothgar appears in the Anglo-Saxon epics ''Beowulf'' and ''Widsith'', in Norse sagas and poems, and in medieval Danish chron ...


Other uses

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Roar (vocalization) A roar is a type of animal vocalization that is deep and resonating. Many mammals have evolved to produce roars and other roar-like vocals for purposes such as long-distance communication and intimidation. These include various species of big cat ...
, a sound produced by certain animals *
Roar (roller coaster) Roar (trademarked as ROAR) is the name of a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags America located near Upper Marlboro, Maryland. There were originally two roller coasters; the first and current ride was built in 1998 at Six Flags America, and a sec ...
, at Six Flags America and formerly Six Flags Discovery Kingdom *
The Roar (website) The Roar is an Australian sports opinion website. It was established by brothers Zac and Zolton Zavos in late 2006. Initially, The Roar was a blog to host writing from their father, Spiro Zavos who was a rugby columnist with Fairfax Media at ...
, an Australian sports opinion site *
Brisbane Roar FC Brisbane Roar Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland and has won the domestic title on three occasions, as well as holding the longest unbeaten record ...
, an Australian football club (formerly Queensland Roar FC)


See also

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Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...
, also known as "the roaring game" {{disambiguation