kamikaze

ka·mi·ka·ze

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kah-mi-kah-zee]
- /ˌkɑ mɪˈkɑ zi/
- /ˌkæm.iˈkɑː.zi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kah-mi-kah-zee]
- /ˌkɑ mɪˈkɑ zi/

Definitions of kamikaze word

noun kamikaze (during World War II) a member of a special corps in the Japanese air force charged with the suicidal mission of crashing an aircraft laden with explosives into an enemy target, especially a warship. 1
noun kamikaze an airplane used for this purpose. 1
noun kamikaze a person or thing that behaves in a wildly reckless or destructive manner: We were nearly run down by a kamikaze on a motorcycle. 1
adjective kamikaze of, pertaining to, undertaken by, or characteristic of a kamikaze: a kamikaze pilot; a kamikaze attack. 1
noun kamikaze (in World War II) a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target. 1
noun kamikaze Japanese suicide pilot 1

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Origin of kamikaze

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

1940-45; < Japanese, equivalent to kami(y) god (earlier *kamui) + kaze wind (earlier *kanzai

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Parts of speech for Kamikaze

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determiner

exclamation

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kamikaze popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for kamikaze

noun kamikaze

first-degree murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
hara-kiri — Also called seppuku. ceremonial suicide by ripping open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practiced in Japan by members of the warrior class when disgraced or sentenced to death.
melange — a mixture; medley.
self-destruction — the destruction or ruination of oneself or one's life.
self-immolation — voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.

All 7 Synonyms of kamikaze