internecine

/in-ter-NESS-een/adjective

destructive to both sides in a conflict; relating to conflict within a group

The party's internecine feuds handed the election to its rivals.
Synonyms
mutually destructive, fratricidal, internal
Antonyms
cooperative
Root
noc- (harm)
Memory hook
inter (between) + necine (killing): killing between kin.

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