Banzai Charge (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 soldiers launched a banzai charge against the enemy's position, determined to capture it or die trying.
- In the chaos of war, a lone soldier survived a banzai charge that decimated his entire unit.
- The general knew that ordering a banzai charge would result in heavy losses, but it might just break through the enemy lines.
- As the army approached the fortress, they prepared to make a final banzai charge, determined to emerge victorious.
- Historians still debate whether the banzai charge was a brilliant tactic or a desperate last resort that often ended in disaster.