hara-kiri
Noun
Meaning
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.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
seppuku
harikari
harakiri
suicide
martyrdom
kamikaze
hemlock
self-destruction
auto
self-sacrifice
self-annihilation
suttee
disembowelment
felo-de-se
self-slaughter
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