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
  • Military families, whose stability should be a national priority, are left instead navigating economic turbulence born out of reckless policymaking.
    Michael B Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Ironically, too, for the first offseason in well over a decade, the organization’s actual self-interest and penchant for reckless, all-in swings in pursuit of immediate gratification are actually aligned.
    Thomas Drance, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Bucs need more daredevil defenders who can wheel and steal the football.
    Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
  • That would be daredevil buddies Max and Benj Cave (brothers whose middle names are both Storror), Callum and Sacha Powell (also brothers), Drew Taylor, Toby Segar and Josh Burnett-Blake, who started out simply horsing around, filming pranks and sharing them online.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The former model also packed a daring silver dress that was made entirely out of watch bands.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 2 May 2025
  • To complete daring stunts like wing-walking, the action star makes sure to fuel his body for the intense training.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025

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“Kamikaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kamikaze. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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