亚洲网紅露点

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internecine

[ in-ter-nee-seen, -sahyn, -nes-een, -nes-ahyn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group:

    an internecine feud among proxy holders.

  2. mutually destructive.
  3. characterized by great slaughter; deadly.


internecine

/ 藢瑟苍迟蓹藞苍颈藧蝉补瑟苍 /

adjective

  1. mutually destructive or ruinous; maiming both or all sides

    internecine war

  2. of or relating to slaughter or carnage; bloody
  3. of or involving conflict within a group or organization
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of internecine1

1655鈥65; < Latin 颈苍迟别谤苍别肠墨苍耻蝉, internec墨vus murderous, equivalent to internec ( 腻谤别 ) to kill out, exterminate ( inter- inter- + nec腻谤别 to kill) + -墨苍耻蝉 -ine 1, -墨惫耻蝉 -ive
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of internecine1

C17: from Latin 颈苍迟别谤苍别肠墨苍耻蝉, from internec腻谤别 to destroy, from nec腻谤别 to kill
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The 97th Academy Awards arrive Sunday after a film season full of wild momentum swings, online trolling and internecine whisper campaigns.

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But for all of his newfound fame and fortune, the internecine conflicts of the L.A. streets haunted him.

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Elon Musk won yet another internecine GOP brawl and proved that he has the next president of the United States firmly under his thumb.

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The rebel factions have a history of division and internecine fighting.

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While Rome was riven by 鈥渋nternecine strife鈥 and Britain ran its empire on a shoestring budget, the U.S. was 鈥渃onstitutionally stable鈥 with 鈥渁n enormous industrial base.鈥

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