Main Entry: ¹ka·mi·ka·ze

Pronunciation: \ˌkä-mi-ˈkä-zē\

Function: noun

Etymology: Japanese, literally, divine wind

Date: 1945

1 : a member of a Japanese air attack corps in World War II assigned to make a suicidal crash on a target (as a ship)
2 : an airplane containing explosives to be flown in a suicide crash on a target