intercommunal
adjective
in·ter·com·mu·nal
ˌin-tər-kə-ˈmyü-nᵊl 
-ˈkäm-yə-nᵊl
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or less commonly inter-communal
: occurring or existing between two or more communities
intercommunal violence
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Like so many of Britain’s multiethnic territories—from India to Nigeria to the Mandate of Palestine—London employed a divide-and-rule strategy that caused or deepened intercommunal rifts.
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Joseph Epstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Washington must try to persuade Syrian leaders that their quest for total centralization of power will backfire by driving intercommunal wedges deeper, stoking violence, depressing economic growth, and weakening their international credibility.
—Steven N. Simon, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2025
The area is where Israel bombed Syrian troops on their way to Sweida, a Druze-majority city that was engulfed in intercommunal violence at the time.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
The eruption of violence in the majority-Druze Syrian province of Suwayda, the second-worst outbreak of intercommunal strife since the fall of the Assad regime, drew in Israel and challenged the delicate balance Damascus is trying to maintain.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2025
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Joseph Epstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Washington must try to persuade Syrian leaders that their quest for total centralization of power will backfire by driving intercommunal wedges deeper, stoking violence, depressing economic growth, and weakening their international credibility.
—Steven N. Simon, Foreign Affairs, 10 Sep. 2025
The area is where Israel bombed Syrian troops on their way to Sweida, a Druze-majority city that was engulfed in intercommunal violence at the time.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
The eruption of violence in the majority-Druze Syrian province of Suwayda, the second-worst outbreak of intercommunal strife since the fall of the Assad regime, drew in Israel and challenged the delicate balance Damascus is trying to maintain.
—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2025
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“Intercommunal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intercommunal. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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