bravos

noun

variants or bravoes
plural of bravo
1
as in murderers

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as in hurrahs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bravos
  1. murderers
  2. ovations
  3. cutthroats
  4. plaudits
  5. assassins
  6. torpedoes
  7. killers
  8. butchers
Noun
  • Benjamin Rush, the Philadelphia physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, opposed executing even murderers.
    — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Showing mercy to murderers historically has not been popular with voters.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of murderers
Noun
  • Pete Alonso received multiple ovations in his return to Citi Field before Monday night’s game even began.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The Ink and Wild Horse Nine teams were still acclimating to the high altitude after flying in directly from Venice, where their films were greeted with lengthy standing ovations.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of ovations
Noun
  • Fly-fishers will find an extensive stretch of Gold Medal Water (a designation for quality and trout density) in Colorado, with access to browns, brookies, cutthroats, and rainbow trout.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Whitesitt caught his state-record cutty there in mid-April, around the same time cutthroats in the northern Rockies are spawning in tributary streams.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 18 Mar. 2026
Definition of cutthroats
Noun
  • Such plaudits raise the question of how Movistar Plus moves forward from here.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Webster’s version of Macbeth won plaudits for its staging and revolutionary use of sound.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of plaudits
Noun
  • Based on Nick Harkaway’s novel The Price You Pay, the show follows Jackie Price, a former drug queenpin hunted by seven elite assassins.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The final sequence bookends the first with River, Sid, and Coe once again being stalked by the assassins but this time getting the worst of it.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of assassins
Noun
  • Missiles and drones launched from corvettes can disable ships by hitting them above the surface, and torpedoes launched from submarines can sink them.
    — HOLMES LIAO, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
  • According to Congressional Research Service data, the submarine can carry about 37 torpedo-sized weapons, including Tomahawk missiles and Mk 48 torpedoes, although the exact weapons carried during the deployment remain classified.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of torpedoes
Noun
  • Prosecutors described a subculture within that online network that glorifies mass killers and encourages imitation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Since the nineteen-nineties, a Korean New Wave had been praised for embedding capitalist critique in movies packed with monsters, slithering octopuses, killers, and killer cops.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of killers
Noun
  • Sabrina came from a high-status family of scholars, and Phillip, the struggling musician and child of butchers, wasn’t enough for her family.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Independent grocery stores and butchers that use the same refrigeration system may also have been affected.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of butchers
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“Bravos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bravos. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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