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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ka•mi•ka•ze /ˌkɑmɪˈkɑzi/USA pronunciation n., pl. -zes, adj. n. [countable] - Military(during World War II) a member of a special group of Japanese airmen flying suicidal missions against U.S. warships.
- an airplane filled with explosives and flown by a kamikaze.
adj. [before a noun] - of or resembling a kamikaze;
wildly reckless;
suicidal:a kamikaze attack.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ka•mi•ka•ze (kä′mi kä′zē),USA pronunciation n. - Government, Military(during World War II) a member of a special corps in the Japanese air force charged with the suicidal mission of crashing an aircraft laden with explosives into an enemy target, esp. a warship.
- Government, Militaryan airplane used for this purpose.
- a person or thing that behaves in a wildly reckless or destructive manner:We were nearly run down by a kamikaze on a motorcycle.
adj. - Governmentof, pertaining to, undertaken by, or characteristic of a kamikaze:a kamikaze pilot; a kamikaze attack.
- Japanese, equivalent. to kami(y) god (earlier *kamui) + kaze wind (earlier *kanzai
- 1940–45
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: kamikaze /ˌkæmɪˈkɑːzɪ/ n (often capital)- (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
- (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
- (modifier) extremely foolhardy and possibly self-defeating: kamikaze pricing
Etymology: 20th Century: from Japanese, from kami divine + kaze wind, referring to the winds that, according to Japanese tradition, destroyed a Mongol invasion fleet in 1281 |