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internecine

[in-ter-nee-seen, -sahyn, -nes-een, -nes-ahyn] / ˌɪn tərˈni sin, -saɪn, -ˈnɛs in, -ˈnɛs aɪn /
ADJECTIVE
involving conflict within a group
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ADJECTIVE
mutually harmful
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An internecine price war that shrinks margins is extremely damaging in the run-up to an IPO.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

Senate in Michigan is trying to sidestep another internecine fight by keeping his eye on the goal.

From Slate Apr. 29, 2026

Afghanistan’s internecine bloodshed has an epiphanic effect on the author: “When death stalks every door,” she writes in a burst of originality, “the only antidote is to live.”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 20, 2025

Dr Hutcheson said "we don't have the answers", but it could be that East Anglia lacked the "smaller scale internecine fighting that meant you needed almost permanent residence" in the fort.

From BBC Jan. 9, 2024

"We can make of the historical record that there was depopulation and movement of people from internecine warfare and diseases," he said to me.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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