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adjective 
  1. 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.
    1. 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.
Etymology: From Latin internecivus, internecÄvus, deadly

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