| blood feud | |
| —n | |
| a feud in which the members of hostile families or clans murder each other | |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
blood feud
a continuing state of conflict between two groups within a society (typically kinship groups) characterized by violence, usually killings and counterkillings. It exists in many nonliterate communities in which there is an absence of law or a breakdown of legal procedures and in which attempts to redress a grievance in a way that is acceptable to both parties have failed.
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