intercommunal
Americanadjective
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The heroism by a Muslim immigrant has been a salve to intercommunal wounds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
CAR has faced intercommunal fighting since 2013, when predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power and forced then-President Francois Bozize from office.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023
The writers are president, chief executive and director of U.N. and intercommunal affairs, respectively, for B’nai B’rith International.
From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022
"The security situation throughout Niger remains fluid in the post-election period with the possibility of unrest and/or intercommunal clashes around the country," the US embassy said in a statement following the unrest overnight.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2021
Despite the deployment of UN peacekeepers in 1964, sporadic intercommunal violence continued forcing most Turkish Cypriots into enclaves throughout the island.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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