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n. - Ostentatious or vainglorious or extravagant or melodramatic conduct.

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  • heroics are for those epic films they make in Hollywood
  • Adjective : a heroic ambition. ,a heroic explorer. ,Heroic measures were taken to save his life. ,heroic mythology. ,a statue of heroic...
  • Miguel Tejada, despite his heroics, is at just .087.
  • For people who aren't sick of Battle Without Honor or Humanity the full CD of guitar heroics from the Japanese master.
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