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1. (n.) vendetta
a private feud, as formerly in Corsica and Italy, in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives.
2. vendetta
any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like.
Etymology: (1850–55; < It < L vindicta vengeance; see vindictive)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) vendetta, blood feud
a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) vendetta
a blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. vendetta
the practice which existed in Corsica and Sicily on the part of individuals of exacting vengeance for the murder of a relative on the murderer or one of his relations.
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Sense: a fierce, often violent, long-lasting dispute
There has been a bitter vendetta between the two families for many years.
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 Afrikaans: vendetta |
 Arabic: ثأْر |
 Bulgarian: вендета |
 Brazilian: vingança |
 Czech: vendeta |
 German: die Blutrache |
 Danish: vendetta |
 Greek: βεντέτα |
 Spanish: vendetta, enemistad morta |
 Estonian: veritasu |
 Farsi: کینه خانوادگی |
 Finnish: verikosto |
 French: vendetta |
 Hebrew: נִקמַת-דַם |
 Hindi: पुश्तैनी झगडा़ |
 Croatian: osveta |
 Hungarian: vérbosszú |
 Indonesian: pembalasan berdarah |
 Icelandic: blóðhefnd, ættvíg |
 Italian: vendetta |
 Japanese: 相互の復讐 |
 Korean: 피의 복수, 원수 갚기 |
 Lithuanian: vendeta, karas, kerštas |
 Latvian: vendeta; asinsatriebība |
 Malay: dendam |
 Dutch: bloedwraak |
 Norwegian: blodhevn |
 Polish: wendeta |
 Persian: کینه خانوادگی |
 Pashto: كسات ( دقتل )، انتقام، غچ |
 Portuguese: vingança |
 Romanian: vendetă |
 Russian: вендетта |
 Slovak: vendeta |
 Slovenian: krvno maščevanje |
 Serbian: osveta |
 Swedish: vendetta, blodshämnd |
 Thai: ความพยาบาท |
 Turkish: kan davası |
 Taiwanese: 宿怨 |
 Ukrainian: вендета |
 Urdu: انتقامي طويل لڑائياں |
 Vietnamese: cuộc bất hòa kéo dài |
 Chinese: 家族世仇，族间仇杀，宿怨 |
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