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KAMIKAZE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
Classified under:
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)
