cease-fire


cease–fire

noun

Definition of CEASE-FIRE

a temporary stopping of fighting <the two armies declared a cease-fire for the holiday>
Related Words accord, reconcilement, reconciliation; détente (or detente); peace, peacetime
Near Antonyms conflict, hostilities, hot war, war

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