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feud
1[ fyood ]
noun
- Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, especially between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.
- a bitter quarrel or contention:
a feud between labor and management.
Synonyms: difference, argument
verb (used without object)
- to engage in a feud.
feud
2[ fyood ]
noun
feud
1/ fjuːd /
noun
- feudal law land held in return for service
feud
2/ fjuːd /
noun
- long and bitter hostility between two families, clans, or individuals; vendetta
- a quarrel or dispute
verb
- intr to take part in or carry on a feud
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Example Sentences
The outcome of the rum feud is critical for both Bacardi and Pernod Ricard, because the winner could net billions in future sales.
The Glock family feud gets messier with new court documents alleging that gun magnate Gaston had a detective follow his ex-wife.
Years later, Scott would apologize for his role in the feud.
Either way, the FSA-ISIS feud got worse after the McCain visit with the Northern Storm, which ISIS viewed as a heretical act.
I'll give you $10,000, and you provide me with a platform to continue my feud, he implies.
A border feud at Reedsquair, between the English and Scottish marchmen, in which the former were completely beaten.
So bitter was the feud that either would have borne cheerfully a loss to prevent the other from making a profit.
As Scattergood well knew, the feud had its inception in religion as religion is practiced in that community.
That evening Mrs. Hooper and Mrs. Pettybone, childhood friends, long separated by the feud, stopped to speak to Scattergood.
But they are a mere handful, quite insignificant, kept alive mainly by the Most and Peukert feud.
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