inter-nĕco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to kill, destroy (ante- and post-class.; cf.: interficio, trucido, etc.).
I Lit.: internecatis hostibus, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 34, 6. —
II Transf.: sementes, Amm. 23, 6, 50: culmum, Prud. prooem. Apoth. 61.