kamikaze
IPA: kɑmʌkˈɑzi
noun
- An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft.
- One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.
- A vehicle used for a suicide attack, especially an aircraft.
- (colloquial) One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event.
- A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.
- (surfing) A deliberate wipeout.
verb
- (transitive) To destroy (a ship, etc.) in a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
- (intransitive) To carry out a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.
- (intransitive, slang) To fail disastrously.
adjective
- Suicidal, risking one's own life.
- Having or showing reckless disregard for safety or personal welfare.
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Examples of "kamikaze" in Sentences
- Attacked by a kamikaze aircraft.
- Sandoval gets hit by a kamikaze.
- Recovering from a kamikaze strike.
- Under attack by kamikaze aircraft.
- A week later, she was hit by a kamikaze.
- Examples of the latter would be kamikaze.
- And a kamikaze attack is not one of them.
- This would be their last album with Kamikaze.
- The kamikaze crashed into the portside of the wheelhouse.
- The kamikaze were uniformed members of the Japanese military.
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