Examples of banzai in a Sentence
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The ultimate learn-by-doing experience might be a lesson from Japanese parachutist Yasuhiro Kubo, who holds the world record in the activity's banzai category.
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Dan Koeppel, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2021
Leave the banzai racing to Daron Rahlves (who’s damned good at it).
—Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 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, 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, 19 June 2017
Dan Koeppel, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2021
Leave the banzai racing to Daron Rahlves (who’s damned good at it).
—Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 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, 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, 19 June 2017
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Word History
Etymology
Japanese
First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
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“Banzai.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banzai. Accessed 21 Sep. 2023.
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