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
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.
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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
But if Putin suddenly disappears from the picture, his courtiers will face a stark choice: go down the road of Godunov and plunge the country into chaos or circle the wagons, avoid an internecine struggle, and enable all groups to elect a new president in emergency national elections.
—Vladislav Zubok, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 2023
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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
But if Putin suddenly disappears from the picture, his courtiers will face a stark choice: go down the road of Godunov and plunge the country into chaos or circle the wagons, avoid an internecine struggle, and enable all groups to elect a new president in emergency national elections.
—Vladislav Zubok, Foreign Affairs, 28 June 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
Adjective
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His heroes are often murderous vigilantes doling out death sentences to greedy politicians, officials and businessmen.—
Anupama Chopra,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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This includes how the U.N. will respond to Syria’s caretaker government, which ousted the murderous regime of Bashar al-Assad but is headed by a U.S.-designated terrorist group.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is currently leading an investigation into the deadly collision.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Authorities say there were no survivors after the two aircraft plummeted into the Potomac River in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster since 2001.—
Jeff Amy,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Internecine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/internecine. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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