intihar pilotu

Turkish - English

Definition of intihar pilotu in Turkish English dictionary

kamikaze

An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft

One who makes such an attack

a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash

If someone such as a soldier or terrorist performs a kamikaze act, they attack the enemy knowing that they will be killed doing it. kamikaze pilots ready to bomb nuclear installations. Any of the Japanese pilots in World War II who made deliberate suicidal crashes into enemy targets, usually ships. The word means "divine wind," a reference to a typhoon that dispersed a Mongol invasion fleet threatening Japan from the west in 1281. The practice was most prevalent in the final year of the war. Most kamikaze planes were ordinary fighter aircraft or light bombers, usually loaded with bombs or extra gasoline tanks before their suicidal dive. Such attacks sank 34 ships and damaged hundreds of others; at Okinawa they inflicted the greatest losses ever suffered by the U.S. Navy in a single battle, killing almost 5,000 men. See also Zero

{i} one of the World Ward II Japanese pilots who intentionally crashed their planes into targets; airplane of a kamikaze pilot; one who behaves in a reckless and dangerous manner

a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash

{s} of or pertaining to a kamikaze, suicidal

a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II

Hyphenation

in·ti·har pi·lo·tu