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internecine

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11 lettersPronunciation /ˌɪntəˈniːsaɪn/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceeeiinnnrtStarts with IEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin internecīnus (“deadly”), from internecium (“a massacre, bloodbath; an eradication”) + -īnus. In Latin, the sememe 'between' was here not expressed by the prefix, it instead either had a somewhat emphatic meaning or meant "down, under", comparable to its use in other Latin terms related to death: see interficiō and intereō. The English current sense is thus a reanalysis of the Latin through English inter-.

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  • Internecine strife in Gaza claimed its most senior victim yesterday when militants assassinated one of the most hated security chiefs there.
  • The Mongol people were plagued by internecine conflict until Genghis Khan unified them by focusing their aggression outwards on other peoples.

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