fratricidal

Example Sentences

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“This is a fratricidal war, so I doubly did not want to participate in it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Since all people are brothers, then any war, any military conflict, one way or another becomes fratricidal.”

From Seattle Times

The year before Mr. Nemtsov died, almost a decade ago, as the Russian-instigated fighting in the Donbas region of Ukraine began, he wrote on his Facebook page: “Putin has declared war on Ukraine. This is a fratricidal war. Russia and Ukraine will pay a high price for the bloody insanity of this mentally unstable secret-police agent. Young men will die on both sides. There will be inconsolable mothers and sisters.”

From New York Times

He praised the rank-and-file mutineers, however, who “didn’t engage in fratricidal bloodshed and stopped on the brink.”

From Seattle Times

Putin thanked Wagner fighters and commanders who stood down to avoid what he called "fratricidal bloodshed", and said the vast majority of Wagner's members were patriots.

From Reuters