KAMIKAZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does kamikaze mean?
• KAMIKAZE (noun)
The noun KAMIKAZE has 2 senses:
1. a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
2. a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
Familiarity information: KAMIKAZE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• KAMIKAZE (noun)
Meaning:
A fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("kamikaze" is a kind of...):
attack aircraft; fighter; fighter aircraft (a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air)
Domain region:
Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
Meaning:
A pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("kamikaze" is a kind of...):
airplane pilot; pilot (someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight)
suicide bomber (a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people)
Domain region:
Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
