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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 any event, this is the kind of thing that, in the past, has ignited bloody internecine wars that end up killing lots and lots of people before a new equilibrium is achieved.
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Eduardo Porter, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
The quick coalescing behind Harris marked an attempt by the party to put weeks of internecine drama over Biden’s political future behind them and to unify behind the task of defeating Trump.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
More to the point, this is no time for internecine battles among Democrats.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
Biden’s disastrous performance in his June 27 debate with Trump, which plunged the Democratic Party into an internecine struggle between his supporters and those who would prefer a different standard bearer, accelerated the move to Trump.
—Jennifer Jacobs and Bill Allison / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 July 2024
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Eduardo Porter, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
The quick coalescing behind Harris marked an attempt by the party to put weeks of internecine drama over Biden’s political future behind them and to unify behind the task of defeating Trump.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
More to the point, this is no time for internecine battles among Democrats.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
Biden’s disastrous performance in his June 27 debate with Trump, which plunged the Democratic Party into an internecine struggle between his supporters and those who would prefer a different standard bearer, accelerated the move to Trump.
—Jennifer Jacobs and Bill Allison / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 July 2024
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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
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Aping the fastidious wartime geolocation of videos shot by Islamic State forces, Russian military units, and other murderous pariahs, the intrepid Bellingcat detective further pin-points Ammon’s hidey-hole with the aid of mountaineering-app PeakVisor, Google Earth, and Google Street View.Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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But to chortle with a murderous, anti-American dictator over a former vice president . .Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
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The shooting in Little Italy San Diego Police are investigating a deadly shooting in broad daylight Wednesday in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood that was followed by a shootout involving police a short while later.NBC San Diego, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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While many convicted in the deadly January 6 riot are already angling for pardons, there’s another group of high-profile defendants who could be interested in Trump’s leniency.Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Internecine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/internecine. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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