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
  • Agent Mulder, hot on the trail of a group of murderers who are harvesting their victims' organs, breaks into a makeshift laboratory in an attempt to save an abducted woman.
    — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The statement came after Roth detailed a sequence in the film to Polygon that features a cartoon that seemingly hypnotizes children, turning them into murderers.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of murderers
Noun
  • Jalen Brunson was on center stage in New York again Wednesday, this time for a trio of ovations at the 2026 ESPY Awards.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 16 July 2026
  • The first responders received two separate standing ovations as Higgins detailed their efforts and the significance of their work in giving people hope.
    — Ella Moore July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
Definition of ovations
Noun
  • 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
  • Brahim Diaz received a lot of plaudits for his performances at the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year, but Ezzalzouli played a crucial role in Morocco’s run to the final.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Though Hunt and Pacquin rightly won all the plaudits, Neill memorably played the brooding and jealous Alisdair.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 13 July 2026
Definition of plaudits
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Clive Owen and other assassins pursue them through the streets of Europe.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Many of Ellis’s most awful characters are the most conventionally attractive, their looks serving as a shield against their various crimes; Murphy co-created The Beauty, in which tech moguls and assassins kill to be beautiful.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of assassins
Noun
  • 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
  • Their modular design allows rapid adaptation, deploying diverse payloads like torpedoes, air drones, and rockets.
    — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of torpedoes
Noun
  • Again, there were far fewer serial killers in Murphy’s own tales, but the message was the same.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Nearly 30 years ago, rap superstar Tupac Shakur was headed to an afterparty in Las Vegas when he was gunned down in a drive-by shooting, his unknown killers speeding away from the scene in a white Cadillac.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of killers
Noun
  • One of those students, Aaron Chin, revealed himself as one of the butchers on a podcast a few months after the incident.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Summerland Cafe is the first concept to open at the farmers market, which will have a variety of stalls featuring local growers, butchers and other food businesses once it debuts.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of butchers
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