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kamikaze

adjective

NAmE//ˌkɑmɪˈkɑzi//

[only before noun] (from Japanese)

1used to describe the way soldiers attack the enemy, knowing that they too will be killed synonym suicidal a kamikaze pilot/attack

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2(figurative) He made a kamikaze run across three lanes of traffic.

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