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V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political action film directed by James McTeigue (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by the Wachowskis. [a] It is based on the 1988–89 DC Vertigo Comics limited series of the same title by Alan Moore, David Lloyd, and Tony Weare.
a strong desire to harm a person or group, often because of political reasons or feelings of hate: They accused the special prosecutor of carrying on a vendetta against the White House. (Definition of vendetta from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of vendetta.
Add to word list. a long and violent argument between people or families, in which one group tries to harm the other in order to punish them for things that happened in the past: He saw himself as the victim of a personal vendetta being waged by his political enemies. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Vendetta definition: a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives, especially such vengeance as once practiced in Corsica and parts of Italy.. See examples of VENDETTA used in a sentence.
Definition of vendetta noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. Definition of vendetta. as in feud. a series of acts done to harm a disliked person or group He has had a vendetta against her ever since she beat him out for the promotion. The two politicians had long held a personal vendetta against each other. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. feud. dispute. quarrel. fight. disputation. spat. squabble.
vendetta (against somebody) a long argument or disagreement in which one person or group does or says things to harm another He has accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against him. She conducted a personal vendetta against me. See vendetta in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: vendetta.
