(during World War II) a member of a special corps in the Japanese air force charged with the suicidal mission of crashing an aircraft laden with explosives into an enemy target, esp. a warship.

an airplane used for this purpose.

a person or thing that behaves in a wildly reckless or destructive manner

We were nearly run down by a kamikaze on a motorcycle.

of, pertaining to, undertaken by, or characteristic of a kamikaze

a kamikaze pilot; a kamikaze attack.