- kamikaze attack
- 神風自殺飛機攻擊
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kamikaze attack
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kamikaze — [kä΄mə kä′zē] adj. [Jpn, lit., divine wind < kami, god + kaze, the wind] 1. of or pertaining to a suicidal attack by a Japanese airplane pilot in WWII 2. Informal very reckless, suicidal, etc. n. 1. the pilot or airplane in a kamikaze attack 2 … English World dictionary
Kamikaze — For other uses, see Kamikaze (disambiguation). Ensign Kiyoshi Ogawa, who flew his aircraft into the USS Bunker Hill during a Kamikaze mission on 11 May 1945. The Kamikaze (神風 … Wikipedia
Kamikaze (disambiguation) — In English, kamikaze refers to suicide attacks carried out by Imperial Japan s military aviators against Allied shipping towards the end of the Pacific campaign of World War II by crashing their planes into warships.Kamikaze also refers to: *… … Wikipedia
kamikaze — /kah mi kah zee/, n. 1. (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, esp. a warship. 2. an airplane used for this … Universalium
kamikaze — An action taken by certain Japanese pilots during WW II, in which they flew explosive laden airplanes as missiles against allied targets, killing themselves. Any like action performed by any pilot. A kamikaze plane is one that is explosive laden… … Aviation dictionary
Attack on Pearl Harbor — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II … Wikipedia
kamikaze — [[t]kæ̱mɪkɑ͟ːzi[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n If someone such as a soldier or terrorist performs a kamikaze act, they attack the enemy knowing that they will be killed doing it. ...kamikaze pilots who say they are ready to strike and bomb nuclear… … English dictionary
attack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. assault, attack; seizure (See disease). v. t. assail, assault, attack; affect, influence. Ant., defense. II Violent assault Nouns 1. (human attack) attack; assault, assault and battery; onset,… … English dictionary for students
kamikaze — noun /kamikaze/ a) An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft. b) One who makes such an attack … Wiktionary
kamikaze — I. noun Etymology: Japanese, literally, divine wind Date: 1945 1. a member of a Japanese air attack corps in World War II assigned to make a suicidal crash on a target (as a ship) 2. an airplane containing explosives to be flown in a suicide… … New Collegiate Dictionary
kamikaze of 1274 and 1281 — (1274, 1281), a pair of massive typhoons (tropical cyclones (tropical cyclone)) that each wrecked a Mongol fleet attempting to invade Japan in 1274 and 1281. The storms destroyed most of the Mongol ships and dispersed the rest, forcing the… … Universalium
