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   Ka·mi·ka·ze

   /ˌkäməˈkäzē/

   

   noun

   • 1. (in World War II) a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target.
   • ▪ the pilot of an aircraft making a deliberate suicidal crash.

   adjective

   • 1. relating to a kamikaze attack or pilot: "a kamikaze attack"
   • ▪ reckless or potentially self-destructive: "he made a kamikaze run across three lanes of traffic"

   Word Origin Japanese, from kami ‘divinity’ + kaze ‘wind’, originally referring to the gale that, in Japanese tradition, destroyed the fleet of invading Mongols in 1281.

   Scrabble Points: 27

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