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internecine

/in-ter-nee-seen, -sahyn, -nes-een, -nes-ahyn/US // ˌɪn tərˈni sin, -saɪn, -ˈnɛs in, -ˈnɛs aɪn //UK // (ˌɪntəˈniːsaɪn) //

自相残杀,内科,间谍,内科医生

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group: an internecine feud among proxy holders.
    • : mutually destructive.
    • : characterized by great slaughter; deadly.

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Examples

  • The recount has sparked an internecine fight among state Republicans, with the GOP-led Maricopa County Board of Supervisors refusing to assist the effort, saying multiple past reviews have already demonstrated the election was run properly.

  • And much of the reported violence is internecine warfare between Christians and Muslims, with atrocities on all sides.

  • ISIS has been at the root of the internecine warfare between Syrian rebel groups.

  • Democrats are unlikely to face the internecine battles the Republican Party has endured over the last five years.

  • She is even-handed in detailing the internecine battles between Insurgents and Regulars for control of the party.

  • They blamed the Americans for the internecine struggle that broke out among competing Afghan political parties afterward.

  • You have come just in time to save us, most likely, from an internecine strife which might have ruined us all.

  • The Kingdom thus distracted by internecine troubles was an easy prey to the conquering Napoleon.

  • An internecine conflict between the disputants seemed to be inevitable.

  • The portents in 1896 were vastly more dangerous than those of 1860, when peace and internecine war hung in the balance.

  • The internecine struggle was that of rival nations and creeds.