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

At New York, I visited every place worth seeing; and, although disliking gambling, races, and debating societies, à outrance, I was determined to judge for myself of New York, of life in New York.

From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry

Once he fixed her with his calm gray eyes, she met them with a proud flashing glance; Telfer gave back the defiance, and guerre à outrance was declared between them.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

If we have an article by Vallès this morning, we are in luck; but in his stead, Pierre Denis, with his autonomy à outrance, makes himself too often heard.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

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