outrance
Americannoun
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He was a pacifist a tout outrance, as the French say.
From Time Magazine Archive
The resultant siege, with its sallies and combats à outrance, we shall forbear to describe, only remarking en passant that, in the mercantile phrase, its details are ‘up to sample.’
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis
And I think perhaps you scarce do justice to the fact that this is a place of realism � outrance; nothing extenuated or coloured.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
Individualist à outrance, Davidson felt that every hour was an unique entity, to whose claims one should lie open.
From Memories and Studies by James, Henry
President Polk now recalled Mr. Trist, and informed Congress of the failure of the negotiations, at the same time intimating that the policy of the Administration would be war � outrance.
From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William
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