Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
hara-kiri .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- An incorrect but common spelling and pronunciation of
hara-kiri . - noun See
hara-kiri .
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- noun Alternative form of
hara-kiri . Considered to be incorrect.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
Etymologies
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Examples
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Roosevelt thought he was committing bureaucratic hari-kari.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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During the samurai days, we'd just give you a knife and ask you to commit hari-kari.
New Orleans Lawmaker Faces Uncertain Future As Cultures Clash 2010
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During the samurai days, we'd just give you a knife and ask you to commit hari-kari.
New Orleans Lawmaker Faces Uncertain Future As Cultures Clash 2010
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"We think they would try to avoid this at all costs because it would be effectively hari-kari , and by that I do mean political suicide," Behravesh said.
Delayed Social Security Payments May Prevent Default But Would Cause Disaster 2011
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I'm having a hard time seeing how the inflation cure wouldn't be hari-kari.
Bubbles and Macroeconomics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Roosevelt thought he was committing bureaucratic hari-kari.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The Republican party is in a rage so violent that it looks like a repeated, botched attempt at hari-kari.
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“Well,” said Mick, “I guess we commit hari-kari on the spot.”
Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010
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As Sam leaps, his demon killing knife is pointing straight up, and for a second I thought for sure Sam was going to commit hari-kari.
Supernatural: Two Minutes to Midnight - Pink Raygun.com 2010
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The Republican party is in a rage so violent that it looks like a repeated, botched attempt at hari-kari.
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