no quarter

idiom

literary

: no pity or mercy

—used to say that an enemy, opponent, etc., is treated in a very harsh way

The soldiers showed/gave no quarter to the enemy.

Examples of no quarter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Over the course of the weekend, more than 130,000 visitors gather at the Duke of Richmond’s Sussex estate, costumed in period attire from the 1940s through 1960s, to watch prolific race cars from the same eras go wheel-to-wheel with no quarter given. —Sean Evans, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2025

Worse, China, a starving Maoist hellscape in 1965 beginning its Cultural Revolution, now is a computing powerhouse giving no quarter to a U.S. state that overtaxes its companies and whose K-12 schools can’t produce adequate STEM graduates. —John Seiler, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025

Backed by a defense that gave no quarter, the relief ranks combined for 6.2 shutout innings in which the Mets collected just four hits and one walk. —Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 May 2025

Global climate change, by definition, gives no quarter. —Mike Tidwell, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for no quarter

• colporteur
• exporter
• headquarter
• importer
• reporter
• supporter
• transporter
• mortar
• shorter
• sorter