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In 1274 and 1281 Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor of China, sent out great fleets to conquer Japan. Providential storms dispersed the fleets on both occasions and reinforced the Japanese belief that their gods would forever protect them. To the Japanese this salvation was kamikaze, “divine wind.” In World War II Japanese pilots who were willing to give up their lives to help save their country by destroying American ships were the members of a special corps named kamikaze after the storm that had saved Japan seven centuries earlier.
Examples of kamikaze in a Sentence
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Its primary role is as a target drone for military training exercises, but it can also be configured as a one-way attack platform, commonly known as a kamikaze drone.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2025
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
In Kharkiv, a residential building was struck by kamikaze drones, killing seven, including two children.
—Hannah Parry
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andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Kamikaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kamikaze. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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