blood feud
noun/ˈblʌd fjuːd/
/ˈblʌd fjuːd/
- blood feud (between/with somebody) a long conflict between families, involving murders that are intended as punishment for past murders
- Their romance is doomed by the long-standing blood feud between their families.
- Blood feuds and general gangsterism added to the local crime rate.
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