Ceasefire

Quick meaning: Ceasefire is a noun meaning In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).

Meaning

In warfare, an agreed end to hostilities for a specific purpose. (Typically only temporary).

Example Sentences

Negotiators mediated a ceasefire.

The rebels agreed to a ceasefire while the peace talks were underway.

Putin’s answered by simply stating he did not believe Ukraine had honored the previous ceasefires Moscow had unilaterally called, and that Kyiv has said Moscow never respected either.

But residents say steady Russian military pressure – combined now with an American president’s apparent parroting of Kremlin talking points about the war, and his push for a ceasefire that could include Ukrainian territorial losses – means Russia is also winning in a different way, by escalating Ukrainian anxiety.

Word Forms

• ceasefires
• cease-fire
• cease fire

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include armistice, cease-fire, truce, cessation, cease, respite.

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