Definitions
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- noun
Ceremonial suicide bydisembowelment , as by slicing open theabdomen with adagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by theSamurai whendisgraced or sentenced to death. - noun
Suicide or any suicidal action. - noun by extension, figuratively An act against one's own
interests .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bxc6+ is called "hara-kiri" by Emms because of 13...bxc6 14.
Lubomir Kavalek: The World Chess Hall of Fame Lubomir Kavalek 2011
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Can I reach out, steal one, and perform hara-kiri in the marble bathtub?
Alex Geana: Fashion Writer Down Alex Geana 2010
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today announced that he will NOT run for president in 2012 -- a fact Christie had previously tried to prove by threatening to commit hara-kiri on national television.
HUFFPOST HILL - Dems Promote Dem Bill By Making It Less Dem-y Eliot Nelson 2011
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I came to a startling conclusion that I was being set up to commit hara-kiri, a ritual suicide.
Patrick Takahashi: Suicide Dreams Patrick Takahashi 2011
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But now Harry Reid, the electorally doomed Majority Leader, is said to be signaling his willingness to commit hara-kiri for Obama.
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Dearest Glenda Becky, those who practice hara-kiri use swords, not knives you feckless fcuking degenerate MORON.
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Coming out in such an environment would be professional hara-kiri.
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Can I reach out, steal one, and perform hara-kiri in the marble bathtub?
Alex Geana: Fashion Writer Down Alex Geana 2010
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Aaaah, more “Christian” views from the teabagging terrorist hick leader: Who Would Jesus hara-kiri?
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If she found any, she would say it would be ignominious to be dirty when I was beheaded (it is sometimes honorable for a samurai to commit hara-kiri and then be beheaded).
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