/ ˌkæmɪˈkɑːzi; NAmE / adjective
[ only before noun ] (from Japanese ) used to describe the way soldiers attack the enemy, knowing that they too will be killed :
a kamikaze pilot / attack
( figurative )
He made a kamikaze run across three lanes of traffic.
SYN suicidal
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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.