internecine war

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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

Ms. Katz said the woman, who has been “deeply traumatized,” doesn’t want to become “a pawn in an internecine war between Zucker, Chris Cuomo and CNN” and won’t be saying anything further.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022

The United States has closely observed this internecine war.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2018

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

That fear of a coming internecine war of races, in case the colored man is emancipated, which haunts some minds, has no foundation except in ignorance of the real facts.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various