interemptio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

intĕremptĭo (-emt-), ōnis, f. [interimo],

destruction , slaughter , Tert. adv. Prax. 27; Porc. Lat. Decl. in Cat. 10 (but a false reading for internecione, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11, 30).