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internecion rare.|ɪntəˈniːʃən|
[ad. L. interneciōn-em massacre, slaughter, f. internecāre to kill, destroy, f. inter (as in interīre to perish, interficĕre to destroy) + necāre to kill.]
Destruction, slaughter, massacre.
1610Bp. Carleton Jurisd. 240 Hauing had their whole army brought vnto Internecion at Abdua. 1658Phillips, Internecion, a making a universal slaughter, or utter destroying. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. ix. 215 By the Spaniards in the West Indies, the numbers of Internecions and Slaughters would exceed all Arithmetical Calculation.
b. improp. Mutually deadly conflict.
1893Westm. Gaz. 19 June 2/1 Unless biassed by such paltry prejudice as that of religious or racial internecion. |