internecine

• Their difference of opinion upon this letter of Mr. Greeley illustrates well the discussions which, like the internecine feuds of Christian sects, existed between men who ought to have stood side by side against the heretics and unbelievers. —  Abraham Lincoln
• But I they're going to be very cautious, both because they don't want to get involved in an internecine Republican fight if Simon is back in the race, and, secondly, because there is ambivalence at the national Republican level about whether Bush himself would be better off in 2004 with an unpopular Gray Davis still in office, rather than a Republican dealing with the same problems. —  CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2003
• And I think that could be very bloody, very troublesome thing, that would probably look something like the internecine fighting in Lebanon, a couple of decades ago. —  CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007
• Israelis simply haven't witnessed this level of internecine violence in recent memory. —  CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2005
• Where I come from we've had to deal with this kind of internecine stupidity a little longer than you have, and I think we've learned a few things about peace and about the futility of war. " —  The Moment Of The Magician

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