fratricidal

Example Sentences

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“This is a fratricidal war, so I doubly did not want to participate in it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

In it, he called on the new coup leaders “to come to their senses to avoid a fratricidal war that Burkina Faso does not need.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2022

"The Church prays that this battle will end as soon as possible, so that as few brothers as possible will kill each other in this fratricidal war."

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2022

It’s hard to deny that the war is fratricidal, however, and that would seem to make selling it to the public more difficult.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

Is it necessary to spell out that societies mired in fratricidal chaos are vulnerable to conquest?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann