If someone such as a soldier or terrorist performs a kamikaze act, they attack the enemy knowing that they will be killed doing it.
...kamikaze pilots ready to bomb nuclear installations.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You can use kamikaze to describe an action or attitude which involves doing something which is very dangerous and likely to harm the person who does it.
These are kamikaze jobs, the ones almost guaranteed to end your career.
Tone down your kamikaze tendencies and take more prudent risks.
More Synonyms of kamikaze
kamikaze in British English
(ˌkæmɪˈkɑːzɪ)
noun(often capital)
1.
(in World War II) one of a group of Japanese pilots who performed suicidal missions by crashing their aircraft, loaded with explosives, into an enemy target, esp a ship
2.
an aircraft used for such a mission
3. (modifier)
(of an action) undertaken or (of a person) undertaking an action in the knowledge that it will result in the death of the person performing it in order that maximum damage may be inflicted on an enemy
a kamikaze attack
a kamikaze bomber
4. (modifier)
extremely foolhardy and possibly self-defeating
kamikaze pricing
Word origin
C20: from Japanese, from kami divine + kaze wind, referring to the winds that, according to Japanese tradition, destroyed a Mongolinvasion fleet in 1281
kamikaze in American English
(ˌkɑməˈkɑzi)
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to a suicidal attack by a Japanese airplane pilot in WWII
2. Informal
very reckless, suicidal, etc.
noun
3.
the pilot or airplane in a kamikaze attack
4. Informal
a person who acts recklessly
Word origin
Jpn, lit., divine wind < kami, god + kaze, the wind