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heroic
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Adjective
  • showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
    • made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber
    • the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war- G.C.Marshall
    • they took heroic measures to save his life
  • of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
    • an expansive lifestyle
    • in the grand manner
    • collecting on a grand scale
    • heroic undertakings
  • having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
    • the heroic attack on the beaches of Normandy
    • heroic explorers
  • relating to or characteristic of heroes of antiquity
    • heroic legends
    • the heroic age
  • very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
    • an epic voyage
    • of heroic proportions
    • heroic sculpture
Noun
  • a verse form suited to the treatment of heroic or elevated themes; dactylic hexameter or iambic pentameter
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