Definition of "feud" []

• A bitter, often prolonged quarrel or state of enmity, especially such a state of hostilities between two families or clans. (noun)
• To carry on or perpetuate a bitter quarrel or state of enmity. (verb-intransitive)
• See fee. (noun)

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• "The Levitt-Lott feud is already the stuff of legends."
• "My Pollyanna hope for the resolution of the Levitt-Lott feud is that Freedomnomics becomes a best-seller, leading a Solomonic judge to throw out the lawsuit on the grounds that "all publicity is good publicity.""
• "Just as in the disputes of individuals the arbitration of a civil court instead of a blood feud is more practical, so, man decides, is arbitration more practical in the disputes of nations."