kamikaze

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Recent Examples of kamikaze Attendees got a peek at SkyFall, a kamikaze drone system developed for use in the war in Ukraine, and drones made by the Ukrainian company DroneUA. Kate Conger, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025 The kamikaze naval drone managed to destroy or damage 15 Russian naval vessels. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 At around a quarter of a million dollars apiece, the boats cost less than an anti-ship missile and can be expended in kamikaze attacks. David Hambling, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024 Shell-rationing forced Ukraine to make kamikaze drones primary tools of defense. C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for kamikaze
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Adjective
  • People often stereotype crypto investors as reckless, young, or greedy.
    Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 18 June 2025
  • Immigration reform was one of Trump’s most popular campaign platforms, but enough with his reckless and incoherent policy shifts.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Not even the endless crowing about this daredevil feat in the marketing campaign leading up to the Cannes Film Festival premiere (and the movie’s release on May 23rd) can suck the exhilaration and sense of awe of watching this extended jaunt through the wild blue yonder.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
  • Then there was the subplot of a daredevil robot named Saymo who broke up with his girlfriend in front of a crowd on a studio lot, then tried to roll off a ramp and fly over a car.
    Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Scattered on the shelves are adventure books from my childhood, with the daring adventurer Biggles from the eponymous British series embarrassingly well represented.
    Jack Barlow, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
  • After the stoppage of play, what had been a daring weeklong pas de deux between this U.S. Open’s entrants and this wonderful old beast of a course devolved into a sopping-wet street fight of survival.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 16 June 2025

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“Kamikaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kamikaze. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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