internecine
/in-ter-NESS-een/adjectivedestructive 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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