All 4 Uses
fanatic
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- It was this interpretation of Bushido that motivated the Japanese soldiers to fight to the death in a manner the Marines judged fanatical.†
Chpt 3.
- That, after all, was what "gung ho" meant: not mindless fanaticism, but constant teamwork and brotherhood.†
Chpt 4. *
- The Japanese were counting on civilians to blanch at the human cost of advancing on Japan and for the Marines to falter in the face of the fanatical Japanese defenses.†
Chpt 4.
- Would there be enough to finance the unfinished business against the fanatical Japanese military in the Pacific—a conflict that still promised bloodshed on a massive scale?†
Chpt 15.
Definitions:
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(1)
(fanatic) a person motivated by extreme enthusiasm (as for a cause) -- sometimes to a fault
or:
extremely enthusiastic -- sometimes to a fault - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)