kamikaze
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
kamikaze /ˌkamɪˈkɑːzi/
▶noun (in the Second World War) a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target. ▶adjective reckless or potentially self-destructive.
– origin Japanese, from kami ‘divinity’ + kaze ‘wind’.
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