blood feud

noun

1. feud ¹( def 1 ).

blood feud

noun

1. a feud in which the members of hostile families or clans murder each other

Word History and Origins

Origin of blood feud¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Horses snorting and guns blazing, these dueling groups work through a blood feud where the lines between good guys and bad blur.

From Time

Royal children born in a castle or a palace came into a world often riven with blood feuds, the claims of rival heirs, and other assorted dysfunctions.

From The Daily Beast

And what may have started out as a blood feud inside the Kim family could shake more than just the regime.

From The Daily Beast

We have seen you forego a blood feud and do well to the innocent man whom our faith would have bidden you slay, and it is good.

From Project Gutenberg

The blood-feud was now old, but Elsung yearned to avenge it on Page 418 Theodoric.

From Project Gutenberg

The Athenian law was a civilised modification of the savage rule that the kindred of a slain man take up his blood-feud.

From Project Gutenberg

Three times the old blood-feud had broken into sporadic outbursts, and three men had been shot.

From Project Gutenberg

A private venture might be fitted out—and there were many who had a blood-feud with Sharkey—but what could a private venture do?

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bad blood