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
There were festering family vendettas; botched forensics; staggering police failings.
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Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Helen sends him on an off-the-books job to the London Mother House to use his mind-probing powers on Jasper (William Fichtner), a powerful vampire with a personal vendetta against the Talamasca.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
Trump waged an eight-year vendetta against Comey after the FBI investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
In Thursday’s episode of the Fox procedural, Manheim guest-starred as Jocelyn, the no-nonsense matriarch of a local family with a longstanding vendetta against her son’s future in-laws.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
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Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Helen sends him on an off-the-books job to the London Mother House to use his mind-probing powers on Jasper (William Fichtner), a powerful vampire with a personal vendetta against the Talamasca.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
Trump waged an eight-year vendetta against Comey after the FBI investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
—Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
In Thursday’s episode of the Fox procedural, Manheim guest-starred as Jocelyn, the no-nonsense matriarch of a local family with a longstanding vendetta against her son’s future in-laws.
—Claire Franken, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vendetta
Noun
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Claude is suddenly the most popular iPhone app The AI chatbot Claude has become the talk of the tech world after a feud with the Pentagon.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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Anthropic now has a feud with the Pentagon on its hands.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Anderson has countersued and accused Burkle of smearing his reputation amid a separate business dispute.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Burkle alleges that Anderson stopped paying him in 2014 after becoming angry with him over an unspecified personal dispute, the complaint states.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Vendetta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vendetta. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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