Kamikaze Definition
kämĭ-käzē
kamikazes
noun
A Japanese pilot trained in World War II to make a suicidal crash attack, especially upon a ship.
American Heritage
The pilot or airplane in a kamikaze attack.
Webster's New World
A person who acts recklessly.
Webster's New World
An extremely reckless person who seems to court death.
American Heritage
adjective
Of or pertaining to a suicide attack by a Japanese airplane pilot in WWII.
Webster's New World
Very reckless, suicidal, etc.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Kamikaze
Noun
Singular:
kamikazePlural:
kamikazesOrigin of Kamikaze
Japanese divine wind (from the legendary name of a typhoon that in 1281 saved Japan by destroying the Mongol navy) kami divine kaze wind
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Japanese 神風 (かみかぜ (kamikaze, “divine wind”)).
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