blood feud

noun
🔊/ˈblʌd fjuːd/
🔊/ˈblʌd fjuːd/
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  1. blood feud (between/with somebody) a long conflict between families, involving murders that are intended as punishment for past murders
    • Their romance is doomed by the long-standing blood feud between their families.他们家庭之间长期的血腥争执注定了他们的浪漫。
    • Blood feuds and general gangsterism added to the local crime rate.家族血仇和普通帮派斗争增加了当地的犯罪率。