The phrase "a heroic action" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an act that demonstrates bravery or courage, often in a context of selflessness or noble intent.
Example: "The firefighter's quick response during the blaze was truly a heroic action that saved many lives."
Alternatives: "a brave deed" or "an act of valor."
Gibson perceives the Passion as a heroic action story; the principal quality he wants to instill is realism.
"If in spite of the constitutional processes, the economy will continue to suffer because of the protracted crisis; resignation, if freely chosen, is honorable and a heroic action," the association's advertisement said.
On the set, Malcolm distracting the dinosaur with a flare was included at Jeff Goldblum's suggestion, as he felt a heroic action was better than going by the script, where like Gennaro, Malcolm would get scared and run away.
But once we look for examples of morally vicious or villainous action that is nevertheless permissible (which is the counterpart of a morally heroic action), we find it difficult to come up with an example.
(In a recklessly heroic action that set the tone for Fidel's own attack on Moncada, Martí, a poet and journalist, was killed while leading a suicidal horse charge against colonial Spanish troops, on May 19 , 1895.
Cooper incorporated Mitchell into a flashback to a memorable SG-1 scene from season 7's "Lost City" to avoid a contrived heroic action by Mitchell in the season 9 opener.
Saint-Exupéry found in aviation both a source for heroic action and a new literary theme.
Ditching a family vacation to cook meals for a summer action camp - that's a form of heroic action.
But will, say, reading War and Peace be a catalyst to heroic action or, as Tolstoy urges, putting family first?
Although she takes a discreet shot at "heroic action figure" colleagues for their eagerness to cover wars and disasters, she remains very much the heroic action figure on the news front, propelling herself into the next big story.
The BBC pointed out that Zouheir's story went viral despite another tale emerging of a Muslim man's heroic action during the Paris attacks.
