KAMIKAZE Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

kamikaze

adjective

as in reckless

having or showing a lack of concern for the consequences of one's actions a bike messenger who regularly cuts across busy city streets with a kamikaze boldness

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Recent Examples of kamikaze While the transport was off Okinawa, Japanese kamikaze aircraft struck nearby ships but spared the Geneva. —

Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Jan. 2026 The ambush is delivered courtesy of the Mangkwan Clan, a cult of kamikaze hedonists who rejected Eywa after a volcano reduced their corner of Pandora to ash, but the RDA is happy to seize on the chaos and launch their final attack on the Metkayina’s oceanic stronghold. —

David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025 Stark are both in line to win a contract for kamikaze drones, the Financial Times reported in October. —

Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025 These kamikaze-style UAVs give Tehran a persistent, asymmetrical tool to threaten adversaries at minimal cost, while maintaining operational deniability and challenging traditional defenses. —

Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kamikaze

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Hales, who is free on $160,000 bail, faces two counts of reckless burning causing death, two counts of reckless burning of an inhabited structure, two counts of child endangerment and one count of animal cruelty.

— Jasmine Mendez Follow, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026
He was acquitted at the first trial of murder and reckless endangerment.

— Mike Randall, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026