Definitions
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- adjective Existing or occurring between communities.
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- adjective Between
communities .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Looked like the sort of thing that in India or Aston would be called 'intercommunal' - with the big difference that nobody's dead.
Archive 2005-12-11 Laban 2005
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Looked like the sort of thing that in India or Aston would be called 'intercommunal' - with the big difference that nobody's dead.
Light Blogging Laban 2005
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Unusual marriages, such as intercommunal matches between Ashkenazi and Sephardi, were generally engineered by the parents.
Old Yishuv: Palestine at the End of the Ottoman Period. 2009
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We are back in the 1960s, 1970s kind of intercommunal conflict.
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That report followed a separate account from the International Committee of the Red Cross, estimating that 800 people were killed in intercommunal violence in the town of Duékoué, after troops loyal to Mr. Ouattara moved through the area.
Ivory Coast Standoff Ends With Arrest David Gauthier-Villars 2011
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The threat of Islamic anarchy in the region is perfectly suited to the further consolidation of Hindu nationalism, even as intercommunal tension represents, arguably, a more profound threat to the country than even the increasingly drastic shortage of water.
India’s New Face 2009
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In 2005 there were full-scale intercommunal clashes after a pirate radio station DJ aired allegations that a black teenage girl had been gang-raped by Asian men.
Riots Stoke British Ethnic Tensions Guy Chazan 2011
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On the other hand, with each instance of intercommunal massacre, rape or conflict, the force of these differences becomes far greater.
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Over the weekend, the International Committee of the Red Cross reported that at least 800 people were killed in intercommunal violence in the Ivorian town of Duékoué.
U.N. Strikes at Ivory Coast Regime Monica Mark 2011
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On Tuesday, the day after Mr. Ouattara's forces took the western town of Duekoue, intercommunal fighting broke out, killing at least 800 people, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
U.N. Evacuates 200 Ivory Coast Staff Associated Press 2011
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