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internecine war

NOUN
war of independence
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Because both sides are viruses, the results of this internecine war necessarily include something of interest to people: antivirals.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2023

Set 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen, it chronicles the history of her royal family during a tumultuous time, a calamitous internecine war known as “The Dance of the Dragons.”

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022

No reason, that is, except inertia, incompetence and internecine war.

From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2022

Twenty-eight years after the end of its internecine war that left 100,000 dead, Bosnia-Herzegovina votes on Sunday to elect a bewildering number of national and sub-national presidencies, parliaments, and assemblies.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2018

With more than Puritanical strictness, they waged an internecine war with the most dearly cherished sensual habits of their countrymen.

From Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Lindley, Augustus F.




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