heroic figure

collocation in English

meaningsofheroicandfigure

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heroic
adjective
uk
/hɪˈrəʊ.ɪk/us
/hɪˈroʊ.ɪk/
very brave ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofheroicandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most listeners would have assumed that a field general is aheroicfigure, and certainly his musical characterization marks him as such.
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Heraclius cut a self-consciouslyheroicfigure, reputedly fighting ' often ' with lions in the arena.
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In the new strip, he is a moreheroicfigure, as he only plays pranks on people who deserve it.
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Similarly, films described as epic typically take a historical character, or a mythicheroicfigure.
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The latter character grows up to become aheroicfigureequal in importance to his father.
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She was excised from the political controversy that surrounded her family and transformed into aheroicfigure.
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His was aheroicfigureof that time and locality.
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This guy is aheroicfigure, as you know.
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It is noted for its darkness, dissolution, the return of chaos, and the defeat of theheroicfigure.
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Many of the tales are straightforward quest narratives, often revolving around a singleheroicfigure.
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She soon gets attracted to aheroicfigurein the circus camp - a bike jumper.
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These checks to the standardheroicfigurecombine to make a countermonument for a woman who disliked monuments generally.
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Fandorin is an impossiblyheroicfigure.
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These heroic figures are greater than ourselves and soar above mere mortals.
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The doll was usually presented as aheroicfigurewho survived all manner of certain doom, prompting his human co-stars to marvel at the durability of his jeans.
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In the early years of films involving archaeologists, they were portrayed as victims who would need to be rescued by a more masculine orheroicfigure.
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Less often noticed is his insistence that the impact of heroic figures was most beneficial where heroism was widespread.
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It's the kind of person he is that lends himself to becoming bad over the course of the comics being written, but initially he s quite aheroicfigure.
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Bekker became aheroicfiguredefying an army of obscurantists.
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I endorse entirely his designation of those heroic figures.
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