as in feud
a series of acts done to harm a disliked person or group
He has had a vendetta against her ever since she beat him out for the promotion. The two politicians had long held a personal vendetta against each other.
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Recent Examples of vendetta
Between the godmothers’ grief and a less-than-adequate police department, Lila will have to seek justice on her own terms and figure out which scheming godmother the vendetta was meant for.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Wait, so Carla’s vendetta, Roman’s murder and the season-long Lily mystery are all connected?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 May 2025
The vendetta, in part, began when Bannon criticized Musk over the H-1B visa debate.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
Parker and Torres did their best to believe McGee’s accounting of events afterward, but given that no body was found, people started to wonder if this vendetta was starting to unravel the good agent.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2025
Wait, so Carla’s vendetta, Roman’s murder and the season-long Lily mystery are all connected?
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 5 May 2025
The vendetta, in part, began when Bannon criticized Musk over the H-1B visa debate.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
Parker and Torres did their best to believe McGee’s accounting of events afterward, but given that no body was found, people started to wonder if this vendetta was starting to unravel the good agent.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vendetta
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The brief feud came on the heels of the tragic news that Master P's daughter Tytyana had died of an accidental fentanyl overdose in May 2022.—
Janine Rubenstein,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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But the former chair of the Jefferson County Republican Party and longtime member of the Republican Party of Kentucky's executive committee can't force the outspoken representative from Northern Kentucky, who's caught in an escalating feud with President Donald Trump, out of office.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
3 July 2025
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Before the dispute, the Shinawatras and the Huns of Cambodia — two of Southeast Asia’s most influential political dynasties — had enjoyed close personal relations for decades.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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The dispute has influenced Paramount’s approach to a lawsuit accusing it of deceptively editing an interview with Kamala Harris.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2025
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“Vendetta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vendetta. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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