kamikaze

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Recent Examples of kamikaze Ukraine, for example, expects about 85 percent of its kamikaze drones to be shot down. Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for kamikaze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kamikaze
Adjective
  • The charges of reckless endangerment of children are because Reed is accused of firing a gun in a parking lot where children were present, North Richland Hills police spokesperson Carissa Katekaru said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur, in contrast, cut one of the most open — stroke reckless — teams the Premier League has encountered, with different intensity levels entirely, shown above.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Rounded plastic equipment prevents potential scraps and presumably is meant to prevent daredevil kids from climbing on top of slide tunnels or jungle gym towers.
    Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • When Francis Ford Coppola finally went into production on Megalopolis, the project carried the weight of decades of anticipation and the air of a high-wire act undertaken by a beloved, daredevil octogenarian.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The novel isn’t still, either, throwing us into a fast-paced, daring, but tender investigation into the role of ambition in art.
    Eliana Ramage September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As described in a press release, CAOS is the singer’s most daring and intimate body of work yet.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Kamikaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kamikaze. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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