kamikaze (redirected from Personnel involved in the development of World War II suicide attacks)

ka·mi·ka·ze  (käm-käz)

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.

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[Japanese, divine wind (from the legendary name of a typhoon that in 1281 saved Japan by destroying the Mongol navy) : kami, divine + kaze, wind.]

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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 ship

2. (Historical Terms) an aircraft used for such a mission

3. (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

[from Japanese, from kami divine + kaze wind, referring to the winds that, according to Japanese tradition, destroyed a Mongol invasion fleet in 1281]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kamikaze - a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II attack aircraft, fighter aircraft, fighter - a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air Nihon, 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 crash Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building airplane pilot, pilot - someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight suicide bomber - a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people

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kamikaze

adjective self-destructive, suicidal, foolhardy tone down your kamikaze tendencies

Translations

kamikaze [ˌkæmɪˈkɑːzɪ] N → kamikaze m

kamikaze [ˌkæmɪˈkɑːzi] adj [soldier, terrorist, act] → kamikaze

kamikaze

n → Kamikaze nt; kamikaze pilot → Kamikazeflieger m; kamikaze mission → Kamikaze-Mission f

kamikaze [ˌkæmɪˈkɑːzɪ]

1. n (also kamikaze pilot) → kamikaze m inv

2. adj → da kamikaze