SINCE 1828
banzai
noun
ban·zai
| \ (ˌ)bän-ˈzī
, ˈbän-ˌzī\
, ˈbän-ˌzī\
Definition of banzai
: a Japanese cheer or war cry
Examples of banzai in a Sentence
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Leave the banzai racing to Daron Rahlves (who’s damned good at it). — Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, "Women’s hockey champions won these Olympics," 24 Feb. 2018 Here, the Marines got their first grim taste of jungle fighting and the fury of mass banzai charges until the Leathernecks were relieved by Army troops. — Brian Albrecht, cleveland.com, "Battle for Guadalcanal launched American path to World War II victory in Pacific," 28 July 2017 At dawn on July 7, 1944, more than 4,000 Japanese launched a banzai attack against the division’s 105th Infantry Regiment. — Washington Post, "New book on bloody WWII battle inspired by NY veteran," 19 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'banzai.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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