I / inter-nĕco
verb transitive

inter-nĕco

2nd PP inter-nĕcāre · 3rd PP inter-nĕcāvi · 4th PP inter-nĕcātum · conj. 1st
to kill; destroy
to kill, destroy (ante- and post-class.; cf.: interficio, trucido, etc.).
Lit.: internecatis hostibus, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 34, 6. —
by extension
Transf.: sementes, Amm. 23, 6, 50: culmum, Prud. prooem. Apoth. 61.