vendetta

Plural: vendettas, vendette

Noun

• A prolonged, bitter feud, especially between two families.
• a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other
• Revenge.
• A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud.
• A motivational grudge against a person or faction, which may or may not be reciprocated; the state of having it in for someone.

Examples

• There was a silent VENDETTA between the players over who got the coveted ’Q’ tile.

Synonyms

blood feud