blood feud

• Ein langer, erbitterter Konflikt zwischen Familien oder Sippen, der oft einen Kreislauf von Racheakten oder Gewalt über Generationen umfasst.

A long and bitter conflict between families or clans, often involving a cycle of revenge killings or violent retaliation over generations.

1. Long-standing violent conflictC1formal

   A prolonged and bitter conflict between families or clans, often involving revenge killings.

   Blutrache

   • The two families have been locked in a blood feud for generations.
   • The blood feud began after a dispute over land ownership.
   • Efforts to mediate the blood feud have so far failed.