internecine war

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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

This series' creator Jesse Armstrong reacquaints the audience with the Roys in the midst of an internecine war.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2021

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

Before the great Republic of the West had completed a century of independent national existence, its political fabric was subjected to the strain of a terrible internecine war.

From Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War by Henderson, G. F. R.