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

Hernandez hangs back, as though he would rather decline this combat à outrance.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne

They mounted on two faire steeds, and ran together with sharp ground spears at outrance; in which encounter the Earl Douglas bore Percie out of his saddle.

From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert

The more, however, the majority desire peace, the less likely will they be to throw themselves into the arms of Citizen Mottu and his friends, who are all for war à outrance.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

Cette ville est cause de tous les malheurs de la France, et il la poursuivra à outrance pour la réduire.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Baird, Henry Martyn