vendetta

• Vengeance prolongée et acharnée, souvent fondée sur un cycle de violences réciproques entre familles ou groupes.

A prolonged and bitter feud, often involving a cycle of retaliatory violence between families or groups.

1. Blood feudC1formal

   A prolonged and bitter feud between families or groups, often involving cycles of retaliatory violence.

   Vendetta

   • The two families have been locked in a vendetta for generations.
   • The novel tells the story of a Corsican vendetta.
   • The conflict escalated into a bloody vendetta.

   Synonymesblood feudfeud

2. Prolonged quarrelC1formal

   A long and bitter quarrel or campaign of revenge against someone.

   Querelle prolongée

   • He has a personal vendetta against his former business partner.
   • The politician's vendetta against the journalist lasted for years.
   • She pursued a vendetta against the company that fired her.

   Synonymesanimosityblood feudconflictdisputefeudgrudgehostilityquarrel