kamikaze
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Is kamikaze a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (countable) One who carries out a suicide attack, especially with an aircraft.countable
2. (countable) A vehicle used for a suicide attack, especially an aircraft.Examples: "Coupled with this were issues involving actually getting enough torpedoes out there to the fleet in the first place! Whilst they were a munition, a torpedo is far more complex and took far longer to build than a shell for a naval gun, even a battleship shell. Torpedoes, remember, are effectively small self-guiding kamikaze submarines, and, so, unless you have a large factory and an extensive production line going, you're only gonna see handfuls produced each year."; "The Ukrainians themselves have been using kamikaze drones to strike against Russian targets – and asked their allies to supply them with more of these deadly weapons."countable
3. (colloquial, countable) One who takes excessive risks, as for example in a sporting event.colloquialcountable
4. (countable) A cocktail made of equal parts vodka, triple sec and lime juice.Examples: "Only top-shelf liquor is served, though Sasha refuses to serve drinks he deems fratlike. These include woo woos, kamikazes and shots of any kind."countable
5. (countable, surfing) A deliberate wipeout.countable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To destroy (a ship, etc.) in a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.transitive
2. (intransitive) To carry out a suicide attack, especially by crashing an aircraft.intransitive
3. (intransitive, slang) To fail disastrously.intransitiveslang
Definition source: Wiktionary