"kamikaze" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkæ.mɪˈkɑː.zi/ [UK] Audio: en-au-kamikaze.ogg [Australia] Forms: kamikaze [singular], kamikazes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Kamikaze is an attack that requires the suicide of the person carrying out the attack. It is usually done with an aircraft.
    Sense id: simple-kamikaze-en-noun-Ym-JAwH0
  2. A kamikaze is the person who carried out such an attack.
    Sense id: simple-kamikaze-en-noun-J5HUP9Mm

Verb

IPA: /ˌkæ.mɪˈkɑː.zi/ [UK] Audio: en-au-kamikaze.ogg [Australia] Forms: kamikaze [canonical], kamikazes [third-person, singular], kamikazed [past], kamikazed [past, participle], kamikazeing [present, participle]
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  1. If you kamikaze something, you destroy it in a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft into it.
    Sense id: simple-kamikaze-en-verb-nl8OAsoy
  2. If you kamikaze, you carry out a suicide attack by crashing an aircraft.
    Sense id: simple-kamikaze-en-verb-16XfAH3j Categories (other): Verbs
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