outrance
Americannoun
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He was a pacifist a tout outrance, as the French say.
From Time Magazine Archive
The truth is, Richard, that I have resolved, as much as possible, to put a stop, both to the trial by battle and combats at outrance between my subjects.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
The municipal councillors, weak men, some of them, almost to reaction, had lowered the red flag under the pretext that "the proud flag of resistance à outrance should not survive the humiliation of France."
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
He is very popular, and whenever he shows himself he is cheered to outrance.
From The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
As a sharp example one might point to Thomas Davidson, whom William James called "individualist à outrance"....
From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann
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