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Noun: harakiri
  1. Ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practised by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
    "The defeated samurai chose harakiri over surrender";
    - hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku

Type of: self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide

Encyclopedia: Harakiri