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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 other
Familiarity information: VENDETTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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