kamikaze

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Recent Examples of kamikaze Chinese firms making the modules and components for kamikaze drones are often smart enough to skirt the curbs by disguising them as meant for consumer-grade drones. Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for kamikaze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kamikaze
Adjective
  • A day after the state Legislature approved a bill intended to help Milwaukee crack down on reckless drivers, local officials met at the city's towing lot to send a message.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Trump’s reckless tariffs are needlessly spiking inflation and driving up prices on everything from groceries to housing to utilities.
    Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Nixon has built a reputation on social media for being a daredevil pilot with clips on his Instagram often showing him performing stunts in helicopters, including low-level sprints, sharp turns and risky maneuvers while in the air.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The first season followed 17-year-old Ethan (Cantona James) seeking a way out of the Southside’s bloody cycle of gang violence through spinning, a South African extreme motorsport that features drivers performing daredevil stunts.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The show runs a daring 90 minutes with no intermission and aims to excite audiences throughout.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • As time went on, Gatlin became more daring.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Kamikaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kamikaze. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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