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
Abdoulaye Diop accused the force, Minusma, of having "become a part of the problem in fuelling intercommunal tensions".
From BBC • Jun. 17, 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
He said they were victims of intercommunal violence that is endemic in the country and the result of historic rivalries, often over cattle and land but sometimes over political agendas orchestrated from the capital.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 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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