(blood) Feud

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–noun 

1. Also called blood feud. a bitter, continuous hostility, esp. between two families, clans, etc., often lasting for many years or generations.

2. a bitter quarrel or contention: a feud between labor and management.  



–verb (used without object) 

3. to engage in a feud.





　

All of these developments easily hold the attention, as do others involving a [sisterly] feud between Sylvia and Coco, the sexually predatory antics of plant supervisor Mike (Bobby Cannavale) and the inept efforts of local students to "liberate" cattle in a midnight raid on a feedlot; cows, they conclude, are dumber than they thought.





squabble

In the subsequent domestic [squabble], Von Sydow shoots and wounds his wife. 

spar

to box with light blows.

and Sands finds himself [verbally] sparring with a priest

altercation 

bicker

engage in petulant or peevish argument

to flicker, glitter

The [two] were always bickering. a [stream] bickering down the valley. 

The [sun] bickered through the trees.

She hitches a ride with the professor and Marianne, as do a ceaselessly [bickering] married couple.

shuffle

scuff

scuffle 

there is a [scuffle] and Tom kills Philippe and disposes of his body 

fissure

rift

A deep [rift] had started in their family life.

wedge

a wedge of [pie].  

to wedge [open] a log.  

to wedge clothes [into] a suitcase.

her entry into that world has driven a [wedge] into it that sets everybody [at odds]

brawl

casts the actor as a barroom [brawler] who uses his skills to [settle] disputes for people who can't afford a lawyer.

Raucous