kamikaze
/ˌkɑmɪˈkɑzi/
adjective
- Reckless or self-destructive; involving extreme risk or disregard for safety.
- The company made a kamikaze decision to launch the product without testing.
- She took a kamikaze shortcut through the dangerous part of town.
- His kamikaze approach to mountain climbing worried his friends.
Synonyms
noun
- A person who behaves in a reckless or self-destructive way, often taking extreme risks.
- He drove like a kamikaze through the narrow streets, ignoring all traffic lights.
- In the final minutes of the game, he played like a kamikaze, diving for every ball.
- The investor was a financial kamikaze, putting all his money into one risky stock.
- A Japanese pilot in World War II who carried out a suicide attack by crashing his plane into an enemy target.
- The museum had an exhibit about the kamikaze pilots of World War II.
- The ship was hit by a kamikaze during the battle in the Pacific.
- Many kamikaze pilots were young men who believed they were defending their country.