INTERNECINE Definition & Meaning

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internecine

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

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adjective

of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group:
an internecine feud among proxy holders.
mutually destructive.
characterized by great slaughter; deadly.

internecine

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adjective

mutually destructive or ruinous; maiming both or all sides
internecine war
of or relating to slaughter or carnage; bloody
of or involving conflict within a group or organization

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of internecine¹

1655–65; < Latin ��Գٱ��Ա�ī�Գܲ�, internecīvus murderous, equivalent to internec ( �� ) to kill out, exterminate ( inter- inter- + nec�� to kill) + -ī�Գܲ� -ine ¹, -ī��ܲ� -ive

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of internecine¹

C17: from Latin ��Գٱ��Ա�ī�Գܲ�, from internec�� to destroy, from nec�� to kill

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The 97th Academy Awards arrive Sunday after a film season full of wild momentum swings, online trolling and internecine whisper campaigns.

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But for all of his newfound fame and fortune, the internecine conflicts of the L.A. streets haunted him.

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Elon Musk won yet another internecine GOP brawl and proved that he has the next president of the United States firmly under his thumb.

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The rebel factions have a history of division and internecine fighting.

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While Rome was riven by “internecine strife” and Britain ran its empire on a shoestring budget, the U.S. was “constitutionally stable” with “an enormous industrial base.”

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