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A Self Effacing Action Crossword Clue

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noun

• a person who kills himself intentionally

• an act of deliberate self destruction

47%8A self-effacing action of the Japanese
noun

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

47%8A self-effacing action of the Japanese
noun

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

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