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internecine

[ in-ter-nee-seen, -sahyn, -nes-een, -nes-ahyn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group:

    an internecine feud among proxy holders.

  2. mutually destructive.
  3. characterized by great slaughter; deadly.


internecine

/ ˌɪntəˈniːsaɪn /

adjective

  1. mutually destructive or ruinous; maiming both or all sides

    internecine war

  2. of or relating to slaughter or carnage; bloody
  3. of or involving conflict within a group or organization


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Word History and Origins

Origin of internecine1

1655–65; < Latin internecīnus, internecīvus murderous, equivalent to internec ( āre ) to kill out, exterminate ( inter- inter- + necāre to kill) + -īnus -ine 1, -īvus -ive

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Word History and Origins

Origin of internecine1

C17: from Latin internecīnus, from internecāre to destroy, from necāre to kill

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Example Sentences

Yellowstone follows the internecine squabbling of John Dutton’s three youngest children, who include two sons and a daughter.

From Vox

The recount has sparked an internecine fight among state Republicans, with the GOP-led Maricopa County Board of Supervisors refusing to assist the effort, saying multiple past reviews have already demonstrated the election was run properly.

And much of the reported violence is internecine warfare between Christians and Muslims, with atrocities on all sides.

ISIS has been at the root of the internecine warfare between Syrian rebel groups.

Democrats are unlikely to face the internecine battles the Republican Party has endured over the last five years.

She is even-handed in detailing the internecine battles between Insurgents and Regulars for control of the party.

They blamed the Americans for the internecine struggle that broke out among competing Afghan political parties afterward.

You have come just in time to save us, most likely, from an internecine strife which might have ruined us all.

The Kingdom thus distracted by internecine troubles was an easy prey to the conquering Napoleon.

An internecine conflict between the disputants seemed to be inevitable.

The portents in 1896 were vastly more dangerous than those of 1860, when peace and internecine war hung in the balance.

The internecine struggle was that of rival nations and creeds.

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