Cease-fire Definition

sēsfīr
ceasefire
noun
An order to stop firing.
American Heritage
A temporary cessation of warfare by mutual agreement of the participants; truce.
Webster's New World
Alternative spelling of ceasefire.
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Noun

Singular:
cease-fire
Plural:
cease-fires

Origin of Cease-fire

Cease-fire Sentence Examples

  • I asked everyone to try their best to agree, declare, implement, monitor and enforce a cease-fire for a whole next year.

  • The United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) was retained to help monitor the cease-fire.

  • Charles negotiated a cease-fire in Ireland that freed English troops for action on the mainland.

  • The war in Croatia lasted until January 1992, when an unconditional cease-fire established an uneasy peace between the Croatian government and ethnic Serbs.

  • Despite this murder, the loyalist paramilitary cease-fire was still deemed to be in place.

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