GRE vocabulary
Internecine
Characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed; mutually destructive.
Example
"The internecine struggle between the two factions ultimately led to the collapse of the entire organization."
Etymology
From Latin internecinus, from internecare 'to kill or destroy completely'.
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