hara-kiri
noun
ˌher-i-ˈkir-ē
ˌha-ri-,
-ˈker-ē,
-ˈka-rē
variants
or less commonly hari-kari
1
: ritual suicide by disembowelment practiced by the Japanese samurai or formerly decreed by a court in lieu of the death penalty
2
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