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▸ noun:  Ceremonial suicide by disembowelment, as by slicing open the abdomen with a dagger or knife: formerly practised in Japan by the samurai when disgraced or sentenced to death.
▸ noun:  Suicide or any suicidal action.
▸ noun:  (by extension, figuratively) An act against one's own interests.

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