banzai attack

1. 1.

   a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'

   Synonymsbanzai charge

   Broaderattack

Questions about banzai attack

What does banzai attack mean?

banzai attack means "a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties; originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai'".

What is another word for banzai attack?

Close synonyms include banzai charge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is banzai attack a common word?

banzai attack is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.