banzai attack

noun

1. a mass attack of troops, without concern for casualties, as practised by the Japanese in World War II

Example Sentences

“We decided it must be a banzai attack,” Gibbs recalled.

From Washington Times

Sometimes it would be in force in a banzai attack.

From Literature

On July 7, 1944, while fighting on Saipan, Bean and his comrades faced the largest suicidal banzai attack of the war and, at 24, he was reported missing in action.

From Washington Post

“We thought it was a banzai attack but parrots had moved in on us. They were objecting to us being there. There were hundreds of them.”

From Washington Times

In a banzai attack, every Japanese soldier would leave his post and come running at you with a gun or a sword or even just his bare hands.

From Literature