hara-kiri
Example Sentences
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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 lady who preferred death to loss of honor, composed a poem before piercing her throat The samurai sentenced to die by his own hand, wrote a poem before performing hara-kiri.
From In Ghostly Japan by Hearn, Lafcadio
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
