kamikaze

IPA: kɑmʌkˈɑzi

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.

(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.

Examples of "kamikaze" in Sentences

Don't forget where the term 'kamikaze' originated.
This is the origin of the term "kamikaze," divine wind.
"The Republicans are on a longterm kamikaze mission," Del.
When Japan was in equally desperate straits in 1944, using the word kamikaze for the suicide pilots was not for nothing.
Rashness, unbelievable and incomprehensible rashness, to use the word "kamikaze" to describe the "technology" of allied aviation.
The reason I ask is that kamikaze is Japanese for “Divine Wind”, and it would just be too funny if he chose to call himself William “kamikaze” Dembski.
The group announced "Operation Divine Wind", which translates to the Japanese word kamikaze, the name given to World War II pilots sent on suicide missions.