Meaning Of The Word Kamikaze

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kamikaze
If someone such as a soldier performs a kamikaze act, they attack the enemy knowing that they will be killed doing it.

kamikaze in American English
of or pertaining to a suicidal attack by a Japanese airplane pilot in WWII
the pilot or airplane in a kamikaze attack
adjective: of, pertaining to, undertaken by, or characteristic of a kamikaze
noun: 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

kamikaze in British English
(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

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