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internecine definition

inter·necine (in′tər nē′sin, -sēn′; chiefly Brit, -nē′sīn′)

adjective

  1. Now Rare full of slaughter or destruction
  2. deadly or harmful to both sides of a group involved in a conflict, as a civil war; mutually destructive or harmful
  3. of or involving conflict within a group

Etymology: L internecinus < internecare, to kill, destroy < inter-, between + necare, to kill: see necro-

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