blood feud

noun

: a feud between different clans or families

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But many try to portray Iran’s hatred of Israel as some kind of thousand-year-old blood feud. Connor Okeeffe, Oc Register, 20 June 2025 But also worth noting is that Musk is in a separate blood feud with Altman, who wants pretty much no regulation at all. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 One of the media industry’s great blood feuds could be headed for détente, as the United Talent Agency and the advertising dealmaker Michael Kassan appear close to reaching a settlement that could be announced in time for the annual Cannes Lions festival later this month. Ben Smith, semafor.com, 9 June 2025 Laura, who lost her daughter Cathy months prior, is already looking after a young foster child named Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips), a strange, selectively mute boy who has an insatiable appetite and a blood feud with the family cat. Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for blood feud

Word History

First Known Use

1815, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blood feud was in 1815

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“Blood feud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20feud. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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