About The Word Internecine
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Internecine
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What's The Definition Of Internecine?
[adj] characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides; "internecine war"
[adj] (of conflict) within a group or organization; "an internecine feud among proxy holders" Synonyms | Synonyms for Internecine: bloody | internal | mutually ruinous Related Terms | Find terms related to Internecine: baneful | brutal | calamitous | cataclysmal | cataclysmic | catastrophic | consuming | consumptive | deadly | death-bringing | deathful | deathly | demolishing | demolitionary | depredatory | desolating | destroying | destructive | devastating | disastrous | doomful | fatal | fateful | feral | fratricidal | killing | lethal | malign | malignant | mortal | nihilist | nihilistic | pernicious | ravaging | ruining | ruinous | savage | self-destructive | subversionary | subversive | suicidal | vandalic | vandalish | vandalistic | virulent | wasteful | wasting | withering See Also | Internecine In Webster's Dictionary \In`ter*ne"cine\, a. [L. internecinus deadly,
murderous, fr. internecare to kill, to slaughter; inter
between + necare to kill; akin to Gr. ? dead. See
{Necromancy}.]
Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually
destructive.
Internecine quarrels, horrible tumults, stain the
streets with blood. --Motley.
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