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\ ˌher-i-ˈkir-ē 
, ˌha-ri-, -ˈker-ē, -ˈka-rē \
, ˌha-ri-, -ˈker-ē, -ˈka-rē \variants:
or less commonly hari-kari
Definition of hara-kiri
1 : ritual suicide by disembowelment practiced by the Japanese samurai or formerly decreed by a court in lieu of the death penalty
2 : suicide sense 1b
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The first known use of hara-kiri was in 1840
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