quarter
21
8.6
- noun
- /ˈkwɔrtər/
- Archaic
:
cuartel
- We will show you no quarter.
- give no quarter
Examples
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The result would be the horror of a war in which neither side gave quarter.
Academic text (2008) -
The Duke of Cumberland, in command of the English army, had given no quarter to the fallen.
Fiction book (1992) -
While he gave no quarter, he was spared none either.
Academic text (1996) -
No quarter given.
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Give them no quarter.
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No mercy, no quarter.
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Other officers justified a give-no-quarter mentality by pointing to previous abuses by the enemy.
Academic text (2010) -
The commander ordered his troops to give no quarter to the opposing soldiers during the battle.
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In the face of overwhelming odds, the soldiers knew that their enemies would show no quarter if they succeeded.
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The general's decision to show quarter after the surrender was seen as an act of mercy.
Synonyms
39
8.4
Mercy that a person in power gives, for example a judge or governor
Antonyms
720
1.3
An action that makes someone suffer for breaking a rule, like a fine or time in prison
Idioms
- Offensive
4
9.9
To kill someone by tying limbs to four horses and pulling them apart, or to punish very harshly
- Offensive
1
9.9
To threaten or kill someone by hanging, cutting their body open and dividing it into four parts
Compounds
- Specialized
20
3.2
The time when the Moon looks half lit about one week after the new moon
- Specialized
4
4.1
Half the Moon is lit when it comes after a full moon and before a new moon
4
3.7
A small, strong American horse bred for short, fast races like quarter-mile sprints
1
7.5
Fighting that happens at very short distance between people, often hand-to-hand
- Specialized
1
9.9
A vertical crack on the inside of a horse's front hoof that can make the horse limp
- Specialized
1
7.2
A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
- Archaic
1
9.9
A local court in England and Wales that met four times a year to try crimes before 1972
- Archaic
A unit of length equal to 10,000 km, one fourth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator
- Specialized
A musical interval half the size of a semitone used in some modern and non-Western music
- US
A woody vine from the southern United States with bright flowers and a cross-shaped stem when cut
- Specialized
A book with its spine and most of the sides covered in a different material like leather
How Merciful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quarter originally meant a 'place' or 'part', and a helpful way to remember the meaning 'mercy' is to think of giving someone a safe place; to 'give quarter' came to mean offering shelter and mercy.