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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The Switchblade drone is the newest form of lethal assistance -- a small kamikaze-style drone launched from a tube that can track and attack armored targets.
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Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2022
The annexation plans were shelved, not canceled, and not in response to the Palestinians’ kamikaze-style pressure tactics.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
On the morning of May 1, George Sherwood, a 17-year-old signalman, stood watch on the bridge as it was attacked by a kamikaze aircraft; 48 servicemen were killed or went missing, and more than a hundred others were wounded.
—New York Times, 21 May 2020
The USS Nevada also played a key role in the invasion of Okinawa, where a Japanese kamikaze attack on March 27, 1945 left 11 of the ship's crew members dead and 41 wounded.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 13 May 2020
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Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2022
The annexation plans were shelved, not canceled, and not in response to the Palestinians’ kamikaze-style pressure tactics.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2020
On the morning of May 1, George Sherwood, a 17-year-old signalman, stood watch on the bridge as it was attacked by a kamikaze aircraft; 48 servicemen were killed or went missing, and more than a hundred others were wounded.
—New York Times, 21 May 2020
The USS Nevada also played a key role in the invasion of Okinawa, where a Japanese kamikaze attack on March 27, 1945 left 11 of the ship's crew members dead and 41 wounded.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 13 May 2020
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