bloody vs internecine

bloody

adj
  • Characterised by bloodshed. 

  • Covered in blood. 

  • Used as an intensifier. 

adv
  • Used to express anger, annoyance, shock, or for emphasis. 

verb
  • To demonstrably harm (the cause of an opponent). 

  • To stain with blood. 

  • To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight. 

noun
  • bloody mary 

internecine

adj
  • Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare. 

  • Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship. 

How often have the words bloody and internecine occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )