outrance
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He was a pacifist a tout outrance, as the French say.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
The donjon was rarely defended � outrance, and it 478 gradually sank in importance as the outer “wards” grew stronger.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
The departments are organising to the cry of "Guerre à outrance, ni un pouce de terrain, ni une pierre de nos forteresses!"
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry
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