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Hara-kiri

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.

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Self-annihilation 76% connected

Annihilation by one's own acts; annihilation of one's desires.

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Self-destruction 76% connected

The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide.

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Suicide 76% connected

The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate an…

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Harikari 92% connected

See Hara-kiri.

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Seppuku 92% connected

Same as Hara-kiri.

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