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vendetta

ven·detta

UK/vɛnˈdɛtə/ US/vɛnˈdɛɾə/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

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Origin

Borrowed from Italian vendetta (“revenge”), from Latin vindicta. See vindicate, avenge.

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