internecion

internecion
a) destruction, massacre ("laughter. — That natural propension of self-love, and natural principle of self-preservation, will necessarily break out into wars and internecions" Hale)
b) Mutual destruction (less common)

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  • Internecion — In ter*ne cion, n. [L. internecio.] Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • internecion — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈneshən, nēsh noun ( s) Etymology: Latin internecion , internecio, from internecare + ion , io ion : mutual destruction : massacre …   Useful english dictionary

  • internecion — in·ter·ne·cion …   English syllables

  • bloodshed — n slaughter, carnage, butchery, bloodbath, bloodletting; massacre, pogrom, mass murder, genocide; destruction, decimation, extermination, Rare. trucidation, Rare. internecion; killing, slaying, homicide, murder, manslaughter …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • butchery — n 1. slaughterhouse, slaughterpen, abattoir, shambles, Obs. butcher row. 2. carnage, massacre, slaughter, wholesale killing, mass murder, mass homicide, mass execution, mass slaying, general slaughter, mass destruction, bloodbath, effusion of… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • carnage — n butchery, slaughter, wholesale or general slaughter, random or indiscriminate slaughter, massacre, blood bath, effusion or fusillade of blood, Rare. internecion, Rare. trucidation; pogrom, mass murder, mass slaying, mass execution, noyade;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • killing — n 1. murder, slaying, manslaughter, thug gee, fatality, death, violent death, bloody or foul murder, murder most foul, foul play, assassination, shooting, strangling, strangulation, garrotting, poisoning; execution, capital punishment, judicial… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • massacre — n 1. carnage, slaughter, butchery; wholesale slaughter, random or indiscriminate slaughter, general slaughter, wholesale killing, mass murder, mass homicide, mass slaying, mass execution, mass destruction; blood bath, effusion of blood, fusillade …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • pogrom — n massacre, carnage, wholesale or general slaughter, mass slaying, mass murder, mass killing, mass execution, mass homicide, noyade; bloodbath, bloodshed, effusion or fusillade of blood. Rare. internecion. Rare. trucidation; slaughter, slaying,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • slaughter — n 1.(all of animals) killing, butchering, chopping, cutting, carving; trimming, slicing, dismembering, mincing; abattage. 2. murder, homicide, manslaughter, assassination, slaying, killing; bloodshed, bloodletting, butchery, death by violence,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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