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Definition of Kamikaze
1. Noun. A fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II.
Geographical relationships: Japan, Nihon, Nippon
2. Noun. A pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash.
Generic synonyms: Airplane Pilot, Pilot, Suicide Bomber
Definition of Kamikaze
1. Noun. An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft. ¹
2. Noun. One who makes an attack requiring his suicide, especially when done with an aircraft. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kamikaze
1. a plane to be flown in a suicide crash on a target [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kamikaze
Literary usage of Kamikaze
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. High Road to Tokyo Bay: The Aaf in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater by Daniel Haulman (1993)
"At Leyte, the Japanese introduced the kamikaze (Divine Wind) into the military
... During kamikaze attacks, suicide pilots aimed their planes like guided ..."
2. The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander (1996)
"Nineteen-year- old Signalman 3/C Nick Floros manned a 20mm gun mount on tiny
LSM-120 one midnight when a kamikaze appeared "out of nowhere, gliding in low ..."
3. Across the Reef: The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War by Victor J. Croizat (2001)
"On 2 April a kamikaze attack hit three transports. The Henrico lost its captain
and 48 crew; the embarked troops lost the commander of the 305th Infantry ..."
4. The Revenge of the Melians: Asymmetric Threats and the Next QDR by Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. (2001)
"The Japanese inflicted 3389 fatalities, achieving a ratio of 1.78 Americans killed
for each kamikaze sortie.22 This tactic would only ..."
5. Japan Goes to War: A Chronology of Japanese Military Expansion from the by Dorothy J. Perkins (1997)
"The Japanese, in the belief that their gods (kami) had sent the typhoons to
protect their country, called the storms kamikaze, "divine wind. ..."
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