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adjective - Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare.
- Internecine strife in Gaza claimed its most senior victim yesterday when militants assassinated one of the most hated security chiefs there.
- Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship.
- The w:Mongol, Mongol people were plagued by conflict until w:Genghis Khan, Genghis Khan unified them and focused their aggression outwards on other peoples.
Translations: Etymology: From Latin internecivus, internecÄvus, deadly
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