outrance

American  

[oo-trahns] / uˈtrɑ̃s /

noun

French.

1. the utmost extremity.

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Example Sentences

He was a pacifist a tout outrance, as the French say.

From Time Magazine Archive

At New York, I visited every place worth seeing; and, although disliking gambling, races, and debating societies, à outrance, I was determined to judge for myself of New York, of life in New York.

From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry

As a sharp example one might point to Thomas Davidson, whom William James called "individualist à outrance"....

From A Preface to Politics by Lippmann, Walter

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 seems a kind of combat � outrance of knights arm�s de pied en cap.

From Notes and Queries, Number 214, December 3, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George