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kamikaze
ka·mi·ka·ze K0008500 (kä′mĭ-kä′zē)n.1. A Japanese pilot trained in World War II to make a suicidal crash attack, especially upon a ship.2. An airplane loaded with explosives to be piloted in a suicide attack.3. Slang An extremely reckless person who seems to court death.adj.1. Of or relating to a suicidal air attack: a kamikaze mission.2. Slang So reckless in behavior or actions as to be suicidal: kamikaze hot rodders.
[Japanese, divine wind (from the legendary name of a typhoon that in 1281 saved Japan by destroying the Mongol navy) : kami, divine + kaze, wind.]kamikaze (ˌkæmɪˈkɑːzɪ) n (often capital) 1. (Military) (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 ship2. (Historical Terms) an aircraft used for such a mission3. (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. [C20: from Japanese, from kami divine + kaze wind, referring to the winds that, according to Japanese tradition, destroyed a Mongol invasion fleet in 1281]ka•mi•ka•ze (ˌkɑ mɪˈkɑ zi)
n., pl. -zes,
adj. n. 1. (during World War II) a member of a special corps in the Japanese air force charged with suicidal missions against U.S. warships. 2. an airplane filled with explosives and flown by a kamikaze. adj. 3. of or resembling a kamikaze; wildly reckless; suicidal. [1944–45; < Japanese] kamikaze1. A Japanese word meaning divine wind, used to mean a suicidal action, especially that of Japanese pilots in World War II who deliberately crashed their airplanes onto enemy ships.2. Japanese planes loaded with explosives flown by pilots trained to make suicidal crash attacks on targets.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. kamikaze - a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War IIattack aircraft, fighter aircraft, fighter - a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the airNihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building | | 2.kamikaze - a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crashNihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship buildingairplane pilot, pilot - someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flightsuicide bomber - a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people |
kamikazeadjective self-destructive, suicidal, foolhardy tone down your kamikaze tendenciesTranslationskamikaze
kamikaze (kä'məkä`zē) [Jap.,=divine wind], the typhoon that destroyed Kublai Khan's fleet, foiling his invasion of Japan in 1281. In World War II the term was used for a Japanese suicide air force composed of fliers who crashed their bomb-laden planes into their targets, usually ships. The kamikaze was first used extensively at Leyte Gulf and was especially active at Okinawa.Kamikaze (Japanese, literally “wind of the gods”), a suicide pilot in the Japanese armed forces in World War II used to fight enemy surface ships in a single-action airplane. In addition to conventional aircraft flown by kamikaze, in 1945 the Japaneseair force had more than 5, 000 single-action airplanes called Bakathat carried explosive charges of up to 1 ton in their front end. The airplane, which had a small jet engine and a limited rangeof action, was directed by the kamikaze to the target, dived, andcrashed into it. More than 2, 500 suicide pilots died in combat inthe Pacific Ocean in 1944 and 1945. kamikazeAn action taken by certain Japanese pilots during WW II, in which they flew explosive-laden airplanes as missiles against allied targets, killing themselves. Any like action performed by any pilot. A kamikaze plane is one that is explosive-laden and is to be used as a piloted missile; an attack by such plane is a kamikaze attack.kamikaze (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 See KMZ
See KMZkamikaze
Synonyms for kamikazeadj self-destructiveSynonyms- self-destructive
- suicidal
- foolhardy
Words related to kamikazenoun a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War IIRelated Words- attack aircraft
- fighter aircraft
- fighter
- Nihon
- Nippon
- Japan
noun a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crashRelated Words- Nihon
- Nippon
- Japan
- airplane pilot
- pilot
- suicide bomber
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