outrance
Americannoun
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He was a pacifist a tout outrance, as the French say.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He evidently intended that it should be a fight � outrance.
From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by Ferryman, A. F. Mockler
They suffered a defeat at Schwechat on the 30th of October, which sealed the fate of the revolutionists in Vienna and thus precipitated a conflict � outrance in Hungary itself.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
I would suggest that the combat be � outrance," Gui Camoys said, "in consideration of the fact it was my own helmet.
From Chivalry by Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green
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