Meanings
nounblood feud (plural blood feuds)
plural blood feuds
- A protracted and bitter violent feud between clans, families, factions, etc.; a vendetta.
"I should have remembered that these people have long memories for blood-feuds, and have been more upon my guard."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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