I.a massacre, general slaughter, carnage, utter destruction, extermination (class.): “neque resisti sine internecione posse arbitramur,” Cic. Att. 2, 20: “civium,” id. Cat. 3, 10: “bella, quae ad internecionem gesta sunt,” Nep. Eum. 3: “Lucerini ad internecionem caesi,” all put to the sword, Liv. 9, 26: “ad internecionem deleri,” to be utterly destroyed, id. 9, 45: “ad internecionem redigi,” Caes. B. G. 2, 28: “armis inter se ad internecionem concurrerunt,” till they despatched one another, Suet. Oth. 12: “persequi aliquem ad internecionem,” Curt. 4, 11.—
B. Of inanim. things: “vineta ad internecionem perducere,” Col. 4, 22, 8: “memoriae,” i. e. an utter loss of memory, Plin. 14 prooem. § 3.
