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kamikaze definition

ka·mi·kaze (kä′mə kä′zē)

adjective

  1. of or pertaining to a suicidal attack by a Japanese airplane pilot in WWII
  2. Informal very reckless, suicidal, etc.

Etymology: Jpn, lit., divine wind < kami, god + kaze, the wind

noun

  1. the pilot or airplane in a kamikaze attack
  2. Informal a person who acts recklessly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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