banzai
ban·zai [ (ˌ)bän-ˈzī]
[(ˌ)bän-ˈzī]
: a Japanese cheer or war cry
Recent Examples on the Web
//Leave the banzai racing to Daron Rahlves (who’s damned good at it).
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Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, "Women’s hockey champions won these Olympics," 24 Feb. 2018
//Here, the Marines got their first grim taste of jungle fighting and the fury of mass banzai charges until the Leathernecks were relieved by Army troops.
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Brian Albrecht, cleveland.com, "Battle for Guadalcanal launched American path to World War II victory in Pacific," 28 July 2017
//At dawn on July 7, 1944, more than 4,000 Japanese launched a banzai attack against the division’s 105th Infantry Regiment.
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Washington Post, "New book on bloody WWII battle inspired by NY veteran," 19 June 2017
First Known Use of banzai
1892, in the meaning defined above
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