hari-kari

American  

[hahr-ee-kahr-ee, har-ee-kar-ee] / ˈhɑr iˈkɑr i, ˈhær iˈkær i /

noun

1. a variant of hara-kiri.

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hari-kari British  

/ ˌhærɪˈkɑːrɪ /

noun

1. a non-Japanese variant of hara-kiri

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Example Sentences

What will Boehner do when he’s done committing political hari-kari?

From Time • Oct. 26, 2015

Had we placed any confidence in the resolutions passed by the Memphians, we should have expected all the denizens of the Bluff City to commit hari-kari, after first setting fire to their dwellings.

From Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation by Knox, Thomas Wallace

The director now turned to the British captain, who had been observing everything with the greatest interest, and, with a smile, asked him if he would like to commit hari-kari?

From The Great War Syndicate by Stockton, Frank Richard

But, seriously, he ended, we would find some way of keeping them from committing hari-kari and, meanwhile, we would leave them in peace, and stroll along toward breakfast.

From Pieces of Eight by Le Gallienne, Richard

It will be suggest to me, because I am of daimio blood"—Tamada drew himself up slightly as he claimed his nobility—"that I make hari-kari.

From A Man to His Mate by Mulford, Stockton