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Definition vendetta in American English

vendetta noun

[countable] noun
/venˈdetə/
1

a situation in which someone has angry and negative feelings toward someone else and keeps trying to harm them or to cause problems for them

Example

The right-wing press was waging a vendetta against the mayor.

Synonyms and related words
argument disagreement conflict
2

a situation in which one group or family tries to kill or harm another because of harm that the other group did to them previously, especially when this continues for a long time

Example

The killing appeared to be part of a gangland vendetta.

Synonyms and related words
revenge vengeance retribution
Definition vendetta in American English