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Word: Kamikaze
Speech Type: Noun
Japanese, from kami ‘divinity’ + kaze ‘wind’, originally referring to the gale that, in Japanese tradition, destroyed the fleet of invading Mongols in 1281
ˌkamɪˈkɑːzi
(in the Second World War) a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target.
Short Definition:Japanese aircraft making suicidal crash
Word: Kamikaze
Speech Type: Adjective
ˌkamɪˈkɑːzi
relating to or denoting a kamikaze attack or pilot
Short Definition:relating to kamikaze
Examples:- a kamikaze attack
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