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in·ter·ne·cine    Audio Help   [in-ter-nee-seen, -sahyn, -nes-een, -nes-ahyn] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to conflict or struggle within a group: an internecine feud among proxy holders.
2.mutually destructive.
3.characterized by great slaughter; deadly.
Also, in·ter·ne·cive    Audio Help   [in-ter-nee-siv, -nes-iv] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1655–65; < L internecīnus, internecīvus murderous, equiv. to internec(āre) to kill out, exterminate (inter- inter- + necāre to kill) + -īnus -ine1, -īvus -ive]
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