No quarter The phrase no quarter was generally used during military conflict to imply combatants would not be taken prisoner, but killed. According to some modern American dictionaries, a person who is given no quarter is "not treated kindly" or "treated ...

, no mercy shown by a victor, who treats a vanquished opponent very harshly or refuses to spare a surrendering opponent's life. No quarter may also refer to:

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* "No Quarter" (song), a song by Led Zeppelin :*'' No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded'', an album by Page and Plant named after the above song *"No Quarter", a song by Scottish pirate folk metal band Alestorm from their album ''

Black Sails at Midnight ''Black Sails at Midnight'' is the second studio album by Scottish heavy metal band Alestorm. As with their first album, all the drums tracks were recorded by session drummer Migo Wagner but touring drummer Ian Wilson added additional percussi ...

'' *''No Quarter'', a 1932 book by

Alec Waugh Alexander Raban Waugh (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh, uncle of Auberon Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher. His first wife was Bar ...

*"No Quarter", an episode of the TV series ''

Revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

'' *No Quarter, a popular modification of the video game '' Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory'' (2003) *"", in English translated as ''"No Quarter"'', a short story by

Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...

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*''No Quarter'', the motto of the destroyer USS ''Leary'' (DD-879) *''

No Quarter Pounder ''No Quarter Pounder'' is an album by the American band Dread Zeppelin, released in 1995. Its title is wordplay on the Led Zeppelin song "No Quarter", and the name of a McDonald's hamburger, the Quarter Pounder. The band promoted the album with a N ...

'', an album by Dread Zeppelin *

Ordinance of no quarter to the Irish The ordinance of no quarter to the Irish was a decree of the English Long Parliament passed on 24 October 1644 in response to the Irish Confederation of Kilkenny threat to send troops from Ireland to support King Charles I during the English Civil ...

, a decree passed by the English Parliament in 1644

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