No Quarter
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No Quarter can refer to:
- A pirate phrase meaning "no mercy"
- In warfare, it means the conquering army "will not quarter (house)" captured enemy soldiers. Therefore, none can be taken prisoner and all enemy combatants must be killed.
- A rallying cry for American Patriots after the Waxhaw Massacre, when Col. Banastre Tarleton slaughtered American troops who had already surrendered. This was a turning point of the American Revolutionary War in the South because it roused neutrals, and won over former Tories to the side of the revolutionaries.
- No Quarter, an album by Page and Plant
- "No Quarter", a Led Zeppelin song, later covered by such bands as Tool, Great White, and The Flaming Lips
- A free satirical magazine published infrequently in the English City of Leeds
- No Quarter Records, a record label
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