acharnement

Between six and seven thousand Austrians were killed: eight Prussian squadrons sustained the acharnement, which is said to have been extreme, of thirty-two squadrons of Austrians: the pursuit lasted from Friday noon till Monday morning; both our countrymen Brown and Keith performed wonders -- we seem to flourish much when transplanted to Germany -- but Germany don't make good manure here!

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757

Bien sûr, ils ont leurs désaccords sur des questions techniques et parfois s'opposent acharnement [farouchement] dans l'arène politique.

Crossover Dreams: Fifteen minutes of undeserved fame in Port-au-Prince 2010

Having had many opportunities of watching them, I can positively assert that they were divided into two parties, which fought with a skill and an acharnement that astounded me.

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

Karl had hitched their main halyards on to the windlass and was grinding at it in an acharnement of industry, his shock head jerking and his grubby face perspiring.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

King, and was the cause of the _acharnement_, the relentless fury, he showed in persecuting Fouquet.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Various

Mais, quand avec un acharnement violent et les traits de la plus acre satire, il calomnie son Roi et le gouvernement de son pays, on le prend pour un frenetique echappe de ses chaines, et livre aux transports les plus violens de sa rage.

Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France Max Pearson Cushing 1918

Mais, quand avec un acharnement violent et les traits de la plus acre satire, il calomnie son Roi et le gouvernement de son pays, on le prend pour un frenetique echappe de ses chaines, et livre aux transports les plus violens de sa rage.

Baron d'Holbach Cushing, Max Person 1914

The furniture was partly smashed to pieces, and the other details furnished evidence still more revolting of the acharnement with which the struggle had been maintained.

The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English Julian Hawthorne 1890

I don't in the least understand your acharnement, in view of the vagueness of your contention.

Picture and Text 1893 Henry James 1879

It is really melancholy to see the poor King taking this acharnement very much to heart, and upon my word, the other Powers of Europe owe it to themselves and to him to do everything to ease and strengthen his awful task.

The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume 1 (of 3), 1837-1843) A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861 Queen of Great Britain Victoria 1860