harakiri
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- noun
- /ˌhɑːrəˈkiːri/
- NSFW
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harakiri
- It would be political harakiri.
Examples
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And the cherry on top: consolidate your businesses so there are only a few very large players, so that anyone who speaks out against any of the questionable business practices is committing career-ending or business relationship harakiri.
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Sure, Gesser is completely unqualified to be a head coach at the FBS level, and he is basically like one of those Japanese generals in WWII who has been given command of a ragtag army after all the other generals have committed harakiri.
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You know, if you heard the general, even in the Second World War, they committed harakiri, killed themselves.
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- Harakiri.
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What are the odds that, in that room, they force laid-off workers to commit seppuku (or harakiri) so that they might salvage some honor for their failure?
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In feudal Japan, samurai practiced harakiri as a way to preserve their honor after defeat.
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The warrior chose to commit harakiri rather than suffer the disgrace of capture.
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During a lost battle, the general ordered his men to perform harakiri instead of surrendering.
Synonyms
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An act of ending your own life on purpose
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A ceremony where samurai kill themselves by cutting their stomachs with a sword in Japan
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Ritual suicide by cutting the stomach with a sword, traditionally done by samurai in Japan to protect honor
A traditional samurai suicide by cutting the stomach with a sword in old Japan
Surface Forms
Etymology
Harakiri comes from the Japanese parts hara ('belly') and kiri ('cut'), so it literally means 'cutting the belly'. It was the name for a ritual suicide some samurai used to keep their honor, which explains the modern meaning.