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Definition of vendetta noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vendetta

noun
 
/venˈdetə/
 
/venˈdetə/
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  1. a long period of violence between two families or groups, in which people are murdered in return for previous murders synonym feudTopics Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • personal
    • political
    verb + vendetta
    • conduct
    • pursue
    • wage
    preposition
    • vendetta against
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  2. vendetta (against somebody) a long argument or campaign in which one person or group does or says things to harm another
    • He has accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against him.
    • She conducted a personal vendetta against me.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • personal
    • political
    verb + vendetta
    • conduct
    • pursue
    • wage
    preposition
    • vendetta against
    See full entry
  3. Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Italian, from Latin vindicta ‘vengeance’.
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