hara-kiris

variants also hari-karis
plural of hara-kiri

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hara-kiris
Noun
  • The sheriff's office previously said officials have no reason to believe that foul play was involved.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • No foul play is suspected in connection with the teen’s death.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the laconic tones of a police report, Ibargüengoitia investigates the murders and their motives, the society and the profession - the oldest of all, but no less mysterious for that - which precipitated them.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The 42-year-old has a rap sheet spanning three decades, including two armed robberies in Manhattan just weeks before the murders, FOX 5 reported.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Suicide Prevention Efforts Work Interventions that are designed to reduce suicides are generally effective.
    Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Regulators are questioning whether OpenAI has strayed from its original public-benefit mission in favor of commercial growth—recent suicides linked to ChatGPT have also complicated the issue.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Hara-kiris.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hara-kiris. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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