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hara-kiri

ha·ra-ki·ri [ hàrrə kree ]


noun 
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Japanese ritualistic suicide: in Japan, a traditional form of suicide, sometimes ritually performed as a point of honor, involving disembowelment with a sword

[Mid-19th century. < Japanese, "belly-cutting"]
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