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banzai charge

noun

Definition of banzai charge

1 : banzai attack
2 : a determined often reckless act

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 And yet, despite its extreme location, Arctic conditions and the site of the first horrific banzai charge of the war, history has relegated the Aleutian campaign to a footnote amid bigger conflicts in the Pacific, Garfield wrote. — Alex Horton, Washington Post, "Thousands of Japanese fought in a bloody World War II battle for the Aleutians. Only 28 survived.," 24 May 2018

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First Known Use of banzai charge

1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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