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ka⋅ra⋅te

[kuh-rah-tee]
–noun
1. a method developed in Japan of defending oneself without the use of weapons by striking sensitive areas on an attacker's body with the hands, elbows, knees, or feet. Compare judo, jujitsu.
2. a sport based on this method of self-defense.

Origin:
1950–55; < Japn, equiv. to kara empty + te (earlier *tai) hand(s)
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ka·ra·te   (kə-rä'tē)   
n.  A Japanese art of self-defense in which sharp blows and kicks are administered to pressure-sensitive points on the body of an opponent.

[Japanese : kara, empty + te, hand.]
ka·ra'te·ist n.
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karate 
1955, from Japanese, lit. "empty hand, bare hand," from kara "empty" + te "hand."
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