kamikaze
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkæ.mɪˈkɑː.zi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɑ.mɪˈkɑː.zi/, [ˌkʰɑmɪˈkʰɑːzɪi̯]
- (emulating Japanese) IPA(key): /kɑː.mɪˈkɑː.zeɪ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
kamikaze (plural kamikazes)
- 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.
- 2020 February 12, Drachinifel, 8:16 from the start, in The Mark 14 Torpedo - Failure is Like Onions, archived from the original on 24 November 2022:
- Coupled with this were issues involving actually getting enough torpedoes out there to the fleet in the first place! Whilst they were a munition, a torpedo is far more complex and took far longer to build than a shell for a naval gun, even a battleship shell. Torpedoes, remember, are effectively small self-guiding kamikaze submarines, and, so, unless you have a large factory and an extensive production line going, you're only gonna see handfuls produced each year.
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
suicidal attack
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suicidal attacker
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See also
Verb
kamikaze (third-person singular simple present kamikazes, present participle kamikazeing, simple past and past participle kamikazed)
- (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.
Translations
To commit a suicidal attack
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Adjective
kamikaze (not comparable)
- Suicidal, risking one's own life.
- 2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 June 2018:
- Sheathed in helmets, gloves, and jackets, they look more like manic video game figures than humans. They weave through traffic and around double-decker buses at kamikaze velocity.
- Having or showing reckless disregard for safety or personal welfare.
References
Pronunciation
Noun
kamikaze m (plural kamikazes)
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
kamikaze m anim
- kamikaze (one who makes an attack requiring his suicide, especially when done with an aircraft)
Declension
Declension of kamikaze (mostly indeclinable masculine animate)
Further reading
- kamikaze in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 神風 (かみかぜ (kamikaze, “suicide flyer”, literally “divine wind”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
kamikaze m or f by sense (plural kamikazes)
- kamikaze (person carrying out a suicide attack); suicide bomber
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “kamikaze”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kamikaze (first-person possessive kamikazeku, second-person possessive kamikazemu, third-person possessive kamikazenya)
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