Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A feud arising from vengeance for a murder. See
vendetta .
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Examples
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As the lights dimmed and the flickering New York blood-feud began it was obvious this cross-section of late-night Londoners was split for a favourite as jaunty optimism and defeatist pessimism vied noisily through each successive unrelenting round of, in turn, skill, passion, bitterness, and defiant courage of shuddering intensity.
The night I saw Muhammad Ali fight Joe Frazier – in Kensington | Frank Keating 2011
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By the same token, Nalasu could not tell Jerry of the blood-feud with the Annos, nor of how he had lost his eyesight.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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Most locals apparently believed that the compound housed either a Pashtun family involved in a tribal blood-feud or a drug smuggling operation.
Karthika Sasikumar: The Fractures That Breed Danger Karthika Sasikumar 2011
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The "Hills" -- the whole East, for that matter -- are ever ready to form a new sect or join a new band or a new blood-feud.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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The most evil men in recent Shin'a'in history were those men who had slaughtered Clan Tale'sedrin, down to the last and littlest child-except for the famed Tarma shena Tale'sedrin who had declared blood-feud, been taken as Swordsworn, then tracked them down and eliminated them all.
Widows and Orphans R. Daniel Lester 2010
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Still, getting into an enemy-for-life blood-feud with Tom Tancredo is a pretty excellent consolation prize!
Dan Maes, Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate, Lashes Out At Tom Tancredo 2010
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Still, getting into an enemy-for-life blood-feud with Tom Tancredo is a pretty excellent consolation prize!
Dan Maes, Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate, Lashes Out At Tom Tancredo 2010
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A man with a blood-feud, and his foe hard after him, may sleep in safety at a faquir's grave.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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Still, getting into an enemy-for-life blood-feud with Tom Tancredo is a pretty excellent consolation prize!
Dan Maes, Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate, Lashes Out At Tom Tancredo 2010
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Still, getting into an enemy-for-life blood-feud with Tom Tancredo is a pretty excellent consolation prize!
Dan Maes, Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate, Lashes Out At Tom Tancredo 2010
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