Suicide attack
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The kamikaze were Japanese pilots who flew their planes into American ships during World War II as a human substitute for guided missiles.
The Japanese name for the hurricanes that drove back the Mongol invaders; meaning "divine wind" or "wind of the gods". The term was also used to describe the Japanese suicide attacks on Allied naval vessels in World War II.