as in bloody
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marked by usually mutual slaughter or destruction
a brutal internecine war/battle internecine feuds a political party that has suffered because of bitter internecine rivalries
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Recent Examples of internecine
In Syria, internecine warfare has already emerged between Kurds in the northeast, former President Assad’s Alawite sect, and transitional President Ahmad al-Sharaa, who led the organization HTS, which the United States designated a terrorist group.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
Discourse is solidly left-leaning, and disagreements tend to be internecine.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The politicization of the IC comes with risks beyond just losing staff and fostering internecine battles.
—Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
Recent reinventions of the genre have focused on such contemporary concerns as corporate overreach and the complex set of internecine conflicts that inevitably arise within—and threaten to destroy—pluralistic societies.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
Discourse is solidly left-leaning, and disagreements tend to be internecine.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
The politicization of the IC comes with risks beyond just losing staff and fostering internecine battles.
—Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
Recent reinventions of the genre have focused on such contemporary concerns as corporate overreach and the complex set of internecine conflicts that inevitably arise within—and threaten to destroy—pluralistic societies.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for internecine
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After watching in terror as a man violently attacked a police officer in an El Cajon fast-food restaurant, Iesha Booker checked for a pulse on the bloody, unconscious officer and yelled into the radio on his belt.—
Karen Kucher,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
19 July 2017
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Photos of the man in a hospital bed with a bloody mouth were also posted.—
Jonece Starr Dunigan,
AL.com,
14 July 2017
Adjective
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This is a duplicitous, murderous regime that isn’t interested in dialogue.—
Danielle Wallace , Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2025
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Ordinary Iranians have been left without clean water, heating, job security or freedom of expression as Tehran has poured inordinate sums of money into assembling murderous proxies across the Middle East.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Since Israel launched its Gaza offensive in the wake of Hamas' deadly October 2023 attack, the country has faced war crimes accusations from United Nations officials and human rights groups.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Days before Trump ordered the drone strike that killed him, Soleimani had orchestrated a deadly attack on a U.S. base in Iraq.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
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“Internecine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/internecine. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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