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Hara-Kiri

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(n.) Suicide, by slashing the abdomen, formerly practiced in Japan, and commanded by the government in the cases of disgraced officials; disembowelment; - also written, but incorrectly, hari-kari.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hara-Kiri'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hara-kiri.html. 1828.
 
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