In'ter-nē'ci-a-ry or In'ter-nē'ci-nal or In'ter-nē'cine, a.

(-nē'shī-), In'ter-nē'ci-nal, In'ter-nē'cine, a. [From Lat. internecare, to kill, to slaughter, from inter, between, and necare, to kill.] Mutually destructive; deadly; destructive.

Internecine quarrels, horrible tumults, stained the streets with blood. Motley.