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Vendetta   /vɛndˈɛtə/   Listen
Vendetta

noun
1.
A feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other.  Synonym: blood feud.






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"Vendetta" Quotes from Famous Books



... chivalrous age. If on the one hand, we see the sinister figure of Henry IV of Germany, on the other we find the austere but noble monk Hildebrand, who became Pope St. Gregory VII. We hear the clash of swords drawn in private brawl and vendetta, but see them put back into the scabbard at the sound of the church bells that announce the beginning of the "Truce of God." The tale opens beneath the arches of a Suabian forest, with Gilbert de Hers and Henry ...
— The Truce of God - A Tale of the Eleventh Century • George Henry Miles



Words linked to "Vendetta" :   feud



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