ceasefire
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noun
1.
a cessation of hostilities; truce.
2.
Military. an order issued for a cease-fire.
Origin:
1840–50; noun use of verb phrase cease fire
1840–50; noun use of verb phrase cease fire
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| ceasefire | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a period of truce, esp one that is temporary and a preliminary step to establishing a more permanent peace on agreed terms |
| —interj, —n | |
| 2. | the order to stop firing |
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Ceasefire
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Example sentences
CeaseFire's use of violence interrupters made the program unique.
The new government is unlikely to offer a ceasefire.
Legend has it that they observed an unofficial ceasefire while underground.
Those talks collapsed because the guerrillas never declared a ceasefire or agreed to demobilise.
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