fratricidal

[ fra-tri-sahyd-l ]
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adjective
  1. being or relating to the act of killing one’s brother or a member of one’s own tribe or group: The Mongol Empire was done in by its recurrent fratricidal infighting.

Origin of fratricidal

1
First recorded in 1665–75; fratricid(e) + -al1

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