Armistice

Quick meaning: Armistice is a noun meaning (countable, military) A (short) cessation of combat.

Meaning

(countable, military) A (short) cessation of combat.

More Meanings

1. (countable, military) A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Armistice (“the armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I”).

Example Sentences

Later he [British Prime Minister David Lloyd George] meets with the House of Commons and, after an opening prayer is said, reviews the armistice terms, then moves for adjournment.

Twice during the last quarter of a century the same railway vehicle has provided the scene of the signature of an armistice between Germany and France, and this famous vehicle is at present in Berlin, where it was placed on public exhibition in the Lustgarten on March 23.

135. An armistice is the cessation of active hostilities for a period agreed upon between belligerents. It must be agreed upon in writing, and duly ratified by the highest authorities of the contending parties. 136. If an armistice be declared, without conditions, it extends no further than to require a total cessation of hostilities, along the front of both belligerents.

The Fifth Volume of this Collection makes its appearance at the moſt eventful period of the war—it includes, therefore, matter of the higheſt importance, and contains all the official documents reſpecting the late Negotiation—the war between this country and Spain, the progreſs of the French arms in Italy and Germany—the armiſtices and treaties concluded with the German and Italian powers— […]

Word Forms

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Synonyms for armistice

Depending on context, synonyms include ceasefire, truce, cease-fire.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cease-fire, truce, hudna, ceasefire, demilitarized, demarcation.

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