Banzai Attack (Noun)
Meaning
A mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The heavily outnumbered soldiers launched a desperate banzai attack in a last-ditch effort to drive back the enemy.
- In an attempt to break through the defensive lines, the troops made a ferocious banzai attack that left many dead on both sides.
- The US Marines withstood the intense banzai attack by the Japanese troops but suffered significant losses in the battle.
- During the long and arduous campaign, the army repelled multiple suicidal banzai attacks by the determined enemy forces.
- The memory of the war still haunts the survivors who were forced to endure the brutal banzai attack that decimated their unit.