Blood-feud
31feud — I [[t]fyud[/t]] n. 1) Also called blood feud a bitter continuous hostility, esp. between families, clans, etc., lasting for many years or generations. 2) a bitter quarrel or contention; argument 3) to engage in a feud • Etymology: 1300–50; alter …
32feud — n. 1. Quarrel, broil, contention, clashing, dissension, jarring, rupture, bickering, falling out. 2. Blood feud, hereditary enmity, clan quarrel, family feud. 3. Fee, fief …
33blood vengeance — noun : vengeance for bloodshed requiring bloodshed in return compare blood feud * * * blood vengeance, = blood revenge. (Cf. ↑blood revenge) …
34Blood Relations (play) — Blood Relations is a psychological murder mystery by Sharon Pollock. The play is based on historical fact and speculation surrounding the life of Lizzie Borden and the murders of her father and stepmother, crimes with which Borden was charged.… …
35Feud — (f[=u]d), n. [OE. feide, AS. f[=ae]h[eth], fr. f[=a]h hostile; akin to OHG. f[=e]hida, G. fehde, Sw. fejd, D. feide; prob. akin to E. fiend. See Foe.] 1. A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their… …
36feud — [n] major argument; estrangement altercation, bad blood*, bickering, broil*, combat, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, disagreement, discord, dispute, dissension, enmity, faction, falling out*, fight, fracas, grudge, hostility, quarrel …
37feud — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long, long running, long standing, old ▪ ongoing ▪ bitter ▪ bloody ▪ …
38feud — I . n. 1) to stir up a feud 2) a blood; family, internecine; personal feud 3) a feud between, with II v. (D; intr.) to feud over; with * * * [fjuːd] family internecine personal feud with (D; …
39blood money — 1. a fee paid to a hired murderer. 2. compensation paid to the next of kin of a slain person. 3. money obtained ruthlessly and at a cost of suffering to others. 4. money paid to an informer in order to cause somebody to be arrested, convicted, or …
40blood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. serum, essence; sap; gore; kindred; lineage, heritage. See relation, fluidity, ancestry, class. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Fluid in the mammalian circulatory system] Syn. lifeblood, heart s blood, vital… …
