blood feud

noun

: a feud between different clans or families

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In Chechnya, blood feuds are a traditional custom of extracting revenge by killing an enemy or his male relatives. Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024 This is a dark drama about a pair of Irish families who are shepherds and get into a blood feud over an incident of sheep rustling. Scott Phillips, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Now, with the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday, the blood feud between the two appeared to deepen, with American peacemakers standing on the sidelines. David Ignatius, Washington Post, 31 July 2024 Popular on Variety All of this works like a charm, but as the film goes on, it’s slowly subsumed by a larger tale in the background, unfolding in the form of oblique 1950s flashbacks and opaque references to decades-old blood feuds. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 21 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for blood feud 

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blood feud was in 1815

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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20feud. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.

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