adj. Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare.
adj. Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive.
adj. Of or pertaining to internal conflicts within a group.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Destructive; deadly; accompanied with much slaughter.
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adj. characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides
adj. (of conflict) within a group or organization
Word Usage
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