bravo 1 of 2

noun

Definition of bravonext
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as in torpedo

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as in hurrah

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bravo

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verb

as in to applaud

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Recent Examples of bravo
Noun
Heard ‘bravo, bravo, bravo’ over the announcements. — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 19 Feb. 2026 Mentoring and advice to the nonprofit world, all good and bravo and yes. — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
Bravo to ProPublica for asking for those letters, and bravo to the children brave enough to write them. — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026 So bravo to Aslan Khabliev, CEO of Loewe Technology, who is steering a century-old German brand into a new era. — Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bravo
  1. torpedo
  2. hurrah
  3. applaud
  4. murderer
  5. hallelujah
  6. salute
  7. assassin
  8. huzzah
Noun
  • Its Virginia Payload Module gives it a large and well-defined cruise-missile capacity, while its torpedo tubes can launch Mk 48 heavyweight torpedoes.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026
  • The company makes radar and electronic warfare systems, as well as torpedo defense countermeasures.
    — Lee Ying Shan,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 5 July 2026
Definition of torpedo
Noun
  • The Socceroos' World Cup is over after losing to Egypt on penalties on Friday, but before their heartbreak, Australian fans had one final hurrah.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • The final hurrah with the World Cup at stake.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 31 May 2026
Definition of hurrah
Verb
  • When Richard applauded one such culinary act of defiance, the man took the opportunity to shoot the king.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • For many the agency has lost its way (unless your public comments serve to restrict gopher tortoises, or applaud bear hunts or cheer for a high-speed roadway carved through conservation lands).
    — Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
Definition of applaud
Noun
  • At his funeral back in Chicago, the boy’s mother, Mamie Till, insisted on an open casket so all the world could see what racist murderers had done to her only son.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • Over the past four seasons, Voit has gone from being a brutal murderer to a key informant for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit.
    — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Definition of murderer
Noun
  • And a road win without Pat Surtain II would be the surest hallelujah yet.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 Nov. 2025
  • There’d be a brief silence, before all the voices flooded in and the whole circle would catch fire like an unending wall of the most resounding hallelujah imaginable.
    — Jack Chang, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Definition of hallelujah
Verb
  • The president saluted the team in the East Room in April 2025 to mark their 2024 World Series championship over the New York Yankees.
    — Will Weissert, Fortune, 24 July 2026
  • Trump shook reliever Will Klein’s hand and saluted his role in the Dodgers’ 18-inning Game 3 marathon victory.
    — Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of salute
Noun
  • By the time Cameron came up with the idea for The Terminator — about a robot assassin sent back in time to kill the mother of humanity’s unborn savior — Wisher was growing more interested in screenwriting.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
  • Their characters — a notorious assassin and a lawyer — race across Europe, balancing brutal fights and a messy, decades-long friendship.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of assassin
Noun
  • For Chicagoans, the naming of a new pope brought not only pride among Catholics, but huzzahs across White Sox fandom.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The Texas walkout drew a collective huzzah, with the chief Democratic group focused on state legislative power calling on their members to retaliate in spades.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of huzzah

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