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kamikaze Definition


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kamikaze
noun kamikazes
    1. In World War II: a Japanese plane loaded with explosives that the pilot would deliberately crash into an enemy target.
    2. The pilot of this kind of plane.
adj
    1. Relating or referring to such an attack or the pilot concerned.
    2. colloq
      Said of exploits, missions, etc: suicidally dangerous.
    3. colloq
      Reckless; foolhardy.
Etymology: 1940s: Japanese, literally ‘divine wind'.



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