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
When a Samurai has to perform hara-kiri by the command of his own feudal lord, the ceremony should take place in one of the lesser palaces of the clan.
From Tales of Old Japan by Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron
