kamikaze

• Sustantivo que designa a un piloto japonés que realizaba misiones suicidas durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, o al avión cargado de explosivos utilizado en tales ataques; por extensión, se usa para referirse a alguien que actúa de forma temeraria o autodestructiva.

A noun referring to a Japanese fighter plane used for suicide missions during World War II, or a pilot trained and willing to carry out such a suicidal crash.

1. Suicide attack aircraftB2formal

   A military aircraft used by Japanese pilots during World War II for deliberate suicide crashes into enemy targets.

   Avión kamikaze

   • The kamikaze planes were a desperate tactic in the final years of the war.
   • Many kamikaze attacks targeted Allied naval vessels.
   • The wreckage of a kamikaze was found on the ocean floor.

2. Suicide pilotB2formal

   A pilot who was trained and willing to carry out a deliberate suicidal crash into an enemy target.

   Piloto suicida kamikaze

   • The kamikaze pilots believed they were sacrificing for their country.
   • He was one of the last kamikaze pilots to be deployed.
   • The story of the kamikaze pilots is a tragic part of history.