Definitions for internecine

internecine in·ter·ne·cine

Spelling: [in-ter-nee-seen, -sahyn, -nes-een, -nes-ahyn]
IPA: /ˌɪn tərˈni sin, -saɪn, -ˈnɛs in, -ˈnɛs aɪn/

Internecine is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in internecine (ceeeiinnnrt).

Definitions for internecine

adjective

  1. of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group:
  2. mutually destructive.
  3. characterized by great slaughter; deadly.

Origin of internecine

1655-65; Latin internecīnus, internecīvus murderous, equivalent to internec(āre) to kill out, exterminate (inter- inter- + necāre to kill) + -īnus Examples for internecine

And much of the reported violence is internecine warfare between Christians and Muslims, with atrocities on all sides.

She is even-handed in detailing the internecine battles between Insurgents and Regulars for control of the party.

ISIS has been at the root of the internecine warfare between Syrian rebel groups.

He was one internecine battle, and he became cruel to her because of it.

I will not believe that we stand to-day in danger of internecine war!

The key is, no doubt, to be found in the internecine jealousies of the sections.

Democrats are unlikely to face the internecine battles the Republican Party has endured over the last five years.

internecine destruction probably has a meaning we can only guess at.

They would have been led on by internecine warfare to mutual destruction.

They blamed the Americans for the internecine struggle that broke out among competing Afghan political parties afterward.

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