Internecine

Word INTERNECINE
Character 11
Hyphenation in ter ne cine
Pronunciations /-sɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Internecine"

What do we mean by 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

Destructive; deadly; accompanied with much slaughter.

Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive. adjective

Of or pertaining to internal conflicts within a group. adjective

Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare. adjective

Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship. adjective

Characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides adjective

(of conflict) within a group or organization adjective

Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare.

Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Internecine

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The word "internecine" in example sentences

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 ❋ Unknown (2007)

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 ❋ Unknown (2006)

When I saw you use the word internecine in reference to possible infighting at the Whitehouse, it reminded me of this Word History article. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The proper meaning of internecine is murderous, destructive. ❋ Unknown (1969)

Investors lost about $200 billion as the Internet bubble collapsed, executives at AOL Time Warner engaged in internecine warfare, and the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission challenged the company’s accounting practices. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I'm familiar with feminist politics here at home over the past several decades, and they can get pretty wrangy at times (indeed the word "internecine" has come to mind on occasion), so I'm not surprised that there are widely divergent, even antagonistic, factions within the Afghan women's movement. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Such hopelessness focuses a movement inward, leading to the kind of internecine fights around identity politics and issue positions that frequently divide the left. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They described the string of attacks as last-ditch efforts of a struggling terrorist network, not a signal that the country was spiraling toward the same kind of internecine violence that paralyzed the country in 2006 and 2007. ❋ Ben Lando (2010)

I also believe that, while homicides per capita may be higher here, most are related to specific criminal activity such as internecine warfare among drug dealers and that random homicides and other criminal violence are probably less likely to occur here than in the United States. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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