harakiri

harakiri has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society