blood feud
nounDefinition of blood feud
: a feud between different clans or families
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Their clan had settled in Parenstu, according to family legend, after a dispute that began over a pot of necklaces and quickly escalated into a blood feud over territory — the kind everyone here seemed eager to avoid. — New York Times, "They Survived Colonization and War. But Venezuela’s Collapse Was Too Much.," 30 July 2019 The court statement detailed the two families’ longstanding enmity — a blood feud that dates back to 1996. — Washington Post, "Man in NW China executed after decades-long blood feud," 17 July 2019 The multigenerational blood feud at the heart of the Njála resists summary. — Stefan Beck, WSJ, "An Epic of Human Scale," 20 July 2018 Killings turn into blood feuds that lead to more killings. — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, "A Grass-Roots Afghan Peace Movement Grows, Step by Step," 15 June 2018 By swiftly dispensing with the murder, Kadare can expand at length on the real subject of Broken April: the culture that surrounds and maintains the blood feud. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Stewards of the Blood," 23 Jan. 2018 How far can the president take his blood feud with Jeff Bezos? — Jon Kelly, The Hive, "Will John Bolton Undercut the Trump-Putin Bromance?," 30 Mar. 2018 Instead the brawl over the 2016 election has become a blood feud in which the facts seem irrelevant. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "The McCabe March Madness," 18 Mar. 2018 The Kanun regulates manners, marriages, and above all the blood feud in which the Berishas have found themselves. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Stewards of the Blood," 23 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blood feud.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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