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VENDETTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vendetta mean? 

VENDETTA (noun)
  The noun VENDETTA has 1 sense:

1. a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each otherplay

  Familiarity information: VENDETTA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VENDETTA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

blood feud; vendetta

Hypernyms ("vendetta" is a kind of...):

feud (a bitter quarrel between two parties)


 Context examples 


He declared a vendetta against all dogs.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And so terribly did he live this vendetta that Grey Beaver, fierce savage himself, could not but marvel at White Fang's ferocity.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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