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
These kamikaze-style UAVs give Tehran a persistent, asymmetrical tool to threaten adversaries at minimal cost, while maintaining operational deniability and challenging traditional defenses.
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
This hopelessly dreary production is intent on capturing only the compulsive, joyless comedown of its main character’s kamikaze choice to blow his life up.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
The incident occurred Saturday evening when a Haiti National Police task force launched two kamikaze drones during a gathering of gang members to celebrate the birthday of local gang leader, Albert Steevenson, alias Djouma, in Simon Pelé, west of the Airport Road.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
And poor, engine‑damaging quality or not, the ersatz aviation fuel had to work only once to get a kamikaze plane up and away to hit one of the enemy warships now lazing about in the offing around the Home Islands, often close enough to be spotted from shore with the naked eye.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
This hopelessly dreary production is intent on capturing only the compulsive, joyless comedown of its main character’s kamikaze choice to blow his life up.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
The incident occurred Saturday evening when a Haiti National Police task force launched two kamikaze drones during a gathering of gang members to celebrate the birthday of local gang leader, Albert Steevenson, alias Djouma, in Simon Pelé, west of the Airport Road.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
And poor, engine‑damaging quality or not, the ersatz aviation fuel had to work only once to get a kamikaze plane up and away to hit one of the enemy warships now lazing about in the offing around the Home Islands, often close enough to be spotted from shore with the naked eye.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kamikaze
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The plea deal dropped additional charges of attempting to influence a public servant, tampering with evidence, reckless endangerment, obstructing government operations and official misconduct from his case, according to Jefferson County court records.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
23 Feb. 2026
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He is charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of involuntary manslaughter, 20 counts of cruelty to children and five counts of reckless conduct.—
Mirna Alsharif,
NBC news,
23 Feb. 2026
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Keanu Reeves is back as Canadian daredevil toy Duke Caboom.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2026
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The tower is massive — roughly twice the height of the Eiffel Tower — and Shiloh Hunter (Virginia Gardner) is an influencer known for sharing daredevil climbing clips.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Feb. 2026
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Below, designers reveal other trends that may have once been considered daring and timely but now stick out like a sore thumb.—
Lacey Ramburger,
The Spruce,
19 Feb. 2026
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Armed with beauty, daring/hustle and sheer force of will/unwavering ambition, Undine battles an entrenched elite, fearlessly courting controversy, until love and fortune align.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Kamikaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kamikaze. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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