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hara-kiri

noun

Meaning

  1. Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the Samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.
  2. Suicide or any suicidal action.
  3. (by extension) An act against one's own interests.

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