no quarter
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refusal to show mercy to the defeated, especially by slaughtering prisoners of war
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- international humanitarian law
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- El Libertador Simón Bolívar, Firmando el Decreto de GUERRA A MUERTE contra los Españoles.jpg
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- facet of
- war
- partially coincident with
- massacre
- has cause
- surrender
- does not have effect
- prisoner of war
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