outrance
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He was a pacifist a tout outrance, as the French say.
From Time Magazine Archive
With bits of paper and chips of wood I did what I could to stop the din, and bit my lip and declared war à outrance against so unbearable a row.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
Once he fixed her with his calm gray eyes, she met them with a proud flashing glance; Telfer gave back the defiance, and guerre à outrance was declared between them.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
It was � outrance, there was only one end to it, and that came very swiftly.
From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
This indeed was battle � outrance between two conflicting theories of government.
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)
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