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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 ha·ra·ki·ri, ha·ra-ki·ri n.  A ritual form of 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 harakiri
      n : ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced
          by warriors in the traditional Japanese society [syn: hara-kiri,
           harikari]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 hara-kiri
      n : ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced
          by warriors in the traditional Japanese society [syn: harakiri,
           harikari]