hara-kiri

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"We cannot commit hara-kiri with the hope of hurting Russia"

From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2022

Campaign strategists largely regard unprompted confessionals as a pointless form of political hara-kiri.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2018

Some said it could have been "a little bit of professional hara-kiri," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2013

But Mr. Granet insists that he is there ton prevent the kind of brand hara-kiri suffered by Rachel Ashwell, the creator of Shabby Chic, a popular line that includes overstuffed sofas.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2011

The daimyō, whose misgovernment had brought on this rebellion in Amakusa, was stripped of most of his territories, and he was so intensely hated in what remained to him that he committed hara-kiri.

From Japan by Murray, David