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| ka·mi·ka·ze [ kmi kzee ] |
noun (plural ka·mi·ka·zes) |
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1. Japanese suicide pilot: a World War II Japanese pilot trained for the suicide mission of flying an aircraft packed with explosives into an enemy target, often a ship
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2. Japanese aircraft: an aircraft used by a kamikaze, especially one designed specifically for suicide crashes
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often used before a noun
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3. reckless person: a reckless person, often somebody whose actions seem self-defeating or self-destructive
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informal
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adjective |
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reckless: reckless, especially in seeming to invite failure or self-destruction
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informal
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| [Late 19th century. < Japanese< kami "divine" + kaze "wind"] |
