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INTERNECINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does internecine mean?
• INTERNECINE (adjective)
The adjective INTERNECINE has 2 senses:
1. (of conflict) within a group or organization
2. characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides
Familiarity information: INTERNECINE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of conflict) within a group or organization
Context example:
an internecine feud among proxy holders
Similar:
internal (happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides
Context example:
internecine war
Similar:
bloody (having or covered with or accompanied by blood)
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