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harakiri

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ha´ra`ki`ri    (hạ´rạ`kē`rĭ)
n.1.A ritual form of suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; - also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari.
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Noun1.harakiri - ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku
self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"
Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building


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Any senator or congressman who takes a stand that the Israeli embassy does not like, is committing Harakiri, Washington-style.
Baker's cake by Avnery, Uri / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
After Hiroshima, he faces a Japan craving amnesia, with the militarist faction shunned, and an epidemic of public harakiri, honor suicides.
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