blood feud

noun

: a very long fight between two families or groups in which each group kills members of the other group in order to punish the group for earlier murders

Full Definition of BLOOD FEUD

: a feud between different clans or families

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First Known Use of BLOOD FEUD

1815

Rhymes with BLOOD FEUD

allude, collude, conclude, delude, denude, elude, exclude, extrude, exude, fast-food, health food, include, intrude, junk food, obtrude, occlude, plant food, postlude, preclude, prelude, protrude, quaalude, seafood, seclude, subdued, transude, unglued

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