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UK
/bɹˈɑːvəʊ/
]
[ US /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/ ]
NOUN
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a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
his assassins were hunted down like animals
assassinators of kings and emperors - a cry of approval as from an audience at the end of great performance
VERB
- applaud with shouts of `bravo' or `brava'
How To Use bravo In A Sentence
- Satisfied that no other bravos were abiding beyond it, he dragged the dead man by his sandaled feet into the room.
- I find myself so sympathetic to the arguments of this book, and particularly its central thesis, that I find it difficult to offer any critical comments other than: bravo!
- But there again, she went for a color and something different and bravo, why not?
- Please give my sincere compliments and a well deserved Bravo!
- There is already a deal in place at Bravo for a new TV series, Project Red, which deals exclusively with films that are either shelved or stopped before production.
- Mix in offbeat football (it has a feature on Super Bowl Gatorade-dumping on coaches), get in network plugs (Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Tina Fey will pop up) and don't forget the mandatory cooking segment (in this case Tom Colicchio from Top Chef on NBC-owned Bravo). NBC putting on the peacock for Sunday
- Her every variation was accompanied by bravos.
- Werther's main aria, I think, was stellar and received lots of applause and bravos.
- I haven't had the guts to try that thing yet; bravo to you for doing so.
- Lorin Maazel, late of the New York Philharmonic -- where he drew both barbs and bravos from the critics -- strode vigorously across stage to the Disney Hall podium, telegraphing to the audience that this was no crochety 79-year-old maestro, but a commanding presence still, no matter which orchestra he stands before (of the 150 he's led over five decades). Donna Perlmutter: Maazel to the Podium -- Still Collecting Orchestras
