internecine

/ˌɪntənˈɛsiːn/

/ˌɪnˈtɝnəˌsin/

[adjective]

internecine

[ADJECTIVE]

characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides

(of a conflict, struggle, or fight) taking place among the people that are from the same country, belief system, group, organization, etc.

Examples

1. They had internecine feuds.

2. That is, the internecine warfare is now turned outside because the plunder is better, the motivation is better.

3. He was no longer to be a Guelf or a Ghibelline, he was no longer caught in these internecine wars, he now became nothing less than one who could occupy a transcendent viewpoint.

4. At the same time, increasing Carolingian division on the continent foreshadowed almost a millennium of internecine warfare between Europe’s later Medieval realms.