internecine

• Terminology

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internecine

Adjective

1. (of conflict) within a group or organization; “an internecine feud among proxy holders”
   • Similar to
     • internal
2. characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides; “internecine war”
   • Similar to
     • bloody

• internecine - LookUp
  Adjective

1. destructive to both sides in a conflict
   the region's history of savage internecine warfare

relating to conflict within a group or organization
the party shrank from the trauma of more internecine strife

Origin

mid 17th century (in the sense ‘deadly, characterized by great slaughter’): from Latin internecinus, based on inter- ‘among’ + necare ‘to kill’

Thesaurus

Adjective

1. internecine feuds between aspirants to the throne

Similar Words: deadly bloody violent fierce destructive ruinous civil internal family

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