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Nourished around urges at first, getting bloody strife (4)

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I believe the answer is:

feud

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'bloody strife' is the definition.
'feud' can be an answer for 'strife' (I have seen 'Persistent strife ' mean 'feud' so perhaps 'strife' could also mean 'feud'). I am unsure of the 'bloody' bit.

'nourished around urges at first' is the wordplay.
'nourished' becomes 'fed' (I've seen this in another clue).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'at first' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'urges' is 'u'.
'fed' placed around 'u' is 'FEUD'.

'getting' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for feud that I've seen before include "Sustained enmity" , "Long-running quarrel" , "Persistent strife" , "Lasting hostility between people or groups" , "Private war" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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