Definition of "internecine" []

• Of or relating to struggle within a nation, organization, or group. (adjective)
• Mutually destructive; ruinous or fatal to both sides. (adjective)
• Characterized by bloodshed or carnage. (adjective)

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• "Therefore, it seems reasonable to propose that for male hippies as well as male residents of the Iowa frontier, tensions expressed through the manhood act — counterbalanced, at times, by the restraining hands of men like Murcott — dissipated some of the emotional energy that might otherwise have found expression in internecine violence. 48"
• "British subjectivity posed by the American crisis is that the people most like them not only take up arms in internecine strife but form an alliance with the"
• "When I saw you use the word internecine in reference to possible infighting at the Whitehouse, it reminded me of this Word History article."