blood feud

noun

: a feud between different clans or families

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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 Damian Priest Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest is making a slow-climb as one of WWE’s best blood feuds. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025 The blood feud that began with Chris Eubank Sr. and Nigel Benn decades ago has manifested in their sons, who’ve lived their careers in the shadows of their fathers' rivalry. Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 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 18 Jun. 2025.

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