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Look up: kamikaze

  1. Kamikaze
    Kamikaze were pilots of the Japanese air force in the Second World War who deliberately crash-dived their planes, loaded with bombs, usually on to ships of the American Navy. A special force of suicide pilots was established 1944 to crash-dive planes, loaded with bombs, onto American and British ships.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. kamikaze
    [n] - (Japanese) a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash 2. [n] - (Japanese) a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. kamikaze
    Pilots of the Japanese air force in World War II who deliberately crash-dived their planes, loaded with bombs, usually on to ships of the US Navy. A special force of suicide pilots was established...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. kamikaze
    noun a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Kamikaze
    `Kamikaze` is a word of Japanese origin, which in English usually refers to the suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan, against Allied shipping, in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Kamikaze pilots would attempt to intentionally crash their aircraft — often laden with explosives, bombs, torpedoes and full fuel tanks — into Allied ships with a goal of causing greater damage than a conv...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze

  6. kamikaze
    any of the Japanese pilots who in World War II made deliberate suicidal crashes into enemy targets, usually ships. The term also denotes the aircraft ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/k/7

  7. kamikaze
    kamikaze (kä"mukä'zē) [Jap.,=divine wind], the typhoon that destroyed Kublai Khan's fleet, foiling his invasion of Japan in 1281. In World War II the term was used for a Japanese suicide air force composed of fliers who crashed their bomb-laden planes into their targets, usua...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0


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