ceasefire
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈsiːsˌfaɪər/
:
alto el fuego
- The leaders finally reached a historic agreement to establish a ceasefire in the conflict region.
- a ceasefire agreement
- declare a ceasefire
- agree to a ceasefire
Hamas, by the way, could have a ceasefire tomorrow.
- Hamas, by the way, could have a ceasefire tomorrow.
- Air raid sirens went off pretty much minutes after the ceasefire began.
- Ben Gurion accepts the ceasefire for Israel, while Nasser rejects it for Egypt.
- The war-torn country of Afghanistan is hobbling towards a fragile ceasefire.
- Eventually, the Polish paramilitary groups agreed to a ceasefire, but only if they could remain intact.
- And then you have people on the other side who say, no, it's true, a ceasefire buys a country time to rebuild.
- So we've got a lot of catalysts, and if we don't get a ceasefire deal on Thursday, we might be in war as soon as Friday.
- I was involved myself in talks between the IRA and and the British government in order to get the ceasefire resumed.
- It's just have a ceasefire and then let things go on as normal.
- And yet we say to the Jewish state, ceasefire can't be disproportionate.
- Yeah, if you want a ceasefire, that's fine.
- And this is a sickening story, too, because there was a ceasefire and we were winning.
Examples
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But in the interests of saving lives, the ceasefire began yesterday to be sounded along all the fronts.
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On the face of it, Israel's main political goal of a ceasefire seems to have been achieved.
Academic text (2015) -
I guess our ceasefire has yet to take hold.
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Is there a ceasefire in place?
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We agree to a ceasefire to get our dead and wounded.
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Speaker, the Syrian ceasefire is extremely fragile.
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U.N. troops would be authorized to use force to ensure respect for the ceasefire.
Academic text (1992) -
In a fresh light, international monitors have seen countless violations of the ceasefire agreement on both sides of the battle.
Academic text (2006) -
On December 1, 1948, six weeks after the fighting resumed, King Abdullah agreed to a ceasefire with Israel.
Academic text (2002) -
After many failed negotiation attempts, the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement was concluded in July 1999, but did not end the conflicts.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
277
4.1
An agreement between fighting sides to stop fighting, often to allow peace talks
171
4.0
An agreement between enemies to stop fighting for a time
15
7.4
An agreement between two sides to stop fighting while they discuss peace
1
9.9
An agreement to stop fighting for a short time
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ceasefire comes from two simple English words: cease meaning 'to stop' and fire meaning 'shooting'. So a ceasefire is an agreement or time when fighting stops for a while.