: a mass attack by Japanese soldiers in World War II
also: an all-out usually desperate attack
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe fighting was fierce and ended with a massed banzai attack — the first such all-out charge that Americans would face in the bloody island-hopping campaign. Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 11 Nov. 2020 As the tide rose and the Marines finally began to push in, the remaining Japanese troops launched an all-out banzai attack. Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 28 June 2019