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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
Character development builds across the series, which means big moments of discovery and internecine power struggles have more oomph as time goes on.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
After all the internecine squabbles, the true threat had revealed itself, just as in Game of Thrones.
—Rowland Manthorpe, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2017
For the first time, Cox and Pope both saw that the internecine battle appeared coordinated.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Renault-Nissan An early leader in affordable EVs, Nissan’s progress has stalled as internecine disputes with alliance partner Renault distract management.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
After all the internecine squabbles, the true threat had revealed itself, just as in Game of Thrones.
—Rowland Manthorpe, WIRED, 28 Aug. 2017
For the first time, Cox and Pope both saw that the internecine battle appeared coordinated.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
Renault-Nissan An early leader in affordable EVs, Nissan’s progress has stalled as internecine disputes with alliance partner Renault distract management.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 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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Along with Husk and Bob Mathews—the founder of a murderous underground white supremacist guerrilla outfit that counterfeited money and robbed banks and armored cars, played by Nicholas Hoult—The Turner Diaries is the third major character in The Order.Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ohio’s governor and officials condemn it Some marchers carried black flags emblazoned with red swastikas, a notorious symbol of hate, antisemitism and White supremacy tracing to the murderous legacy of Germany’s Nazi Party and the Holocaust.Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Still, Penny grabbed him from behind and put him in a deadly chokehold.Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Assad's downfall, if it's confirmed, also marks the latest stunning development in one of the deadliest civil wars of the 21st century.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Internecine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/internecine. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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