as in bloody
formal
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
And despite Trump’s GOP having full control of Washington, the threat of internecine divisions derailing his plans looms large.
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 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
These internecine feuds could be a harbinger for the next Congress, when Republicans will have an even slimmer House majority.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
But the Venezuelan opposition has been beset by problems, such as short-term thinking, personal rivalries, internecine conflicts, and the exile of many of its members, which have thwarted its challenges to Maduro’s rule.
—Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2023
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Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 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
These internecine feuds could be a harbinger for the next Congress, when Republicans will have an even slimmer House majority.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2024
But the Venezuelan opposition has been beset by problems, such as short-term thinking, personal rivalries, internecine conflicts, and the exile of many of its members, which have thwarted its challenges to Maduro’s rule.
—Michael Shifter, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2023
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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
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The inmates, all of whom have been convicted of murderous crimes, have become close with a group of contemplative Catholic nuns who live half an hour away, in a convent in Waco.—
Daniel Zalewski,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Swastikas are a notorious symbol of hate, antisemitism and White supremacy tracing to the murderous legacy of Germany’s Nazi Party and the Holocaust.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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Another particularly deadly accident occurred in 2021 in Holtville, California, when an SUV transporting 25 migrants collided with a semitruck.—
Marni LaFleur,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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In 2023, there was a lone, deadly shark attack in the Bahamas, according to the report.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Internecine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/internecine. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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